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US3364027A
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Photographic film product
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1962-10-01
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Granted: 1968-01-16
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Expires: 1982-10-01
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Nerwin Hubert
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 17:18
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03D; G03D9/00; G03C; G03C8/00; G03C8/42
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
278 words
A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CARRIER STRIP HAVING A LEADING END PORTION, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT SHEETS SUPERIMPOSED UPON AND LYING IN SUBSTANTIALLY FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE FACE OF SAID STRIP AND EACH INCLUDING AN OUTWARDLY-FACING IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA, HINGE MEANS INDIVIDUALLY SECURING SAID SHEETS ALONG THEIR TRAILING EDGES DIRECTLY TO SAID ONE FACE OF SAID STRIP AT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED LOCATIONS THEREALONG, THE AXIS OF EACH SUCH HINGE MEANS BEING LOCATED CLOSELY ADJACENT THE TRAILING EDGE OF ITS ASSOCIATED SHEET AND BEING FIXED IN POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID STRIP, THE SPACING BETWEEN ADJACENT HINGE MEANS BEING AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE LENGTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL SHEETS, AT LEAST THAT PORTION OF SAID FACE OF SAID STRIP REARWARDLY OF EACH OF SAID HINGE MEANS ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH AN IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE ASSOCIATED HINGE MEANS RELATIVE TO THE IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA OF THE ASSOCIATED SHEET, EACH OF SAID SHEETS BEING SWINGABLE ABOUT THE AXIS OF ITS HINGE MEANS INTO A POSITION WHEREIN IT EXTENDS REARWARDLY THEREFROM WITH ITS IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA IN SUBSTANTIAL FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATED IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA ON SAID STRIP FOR CONJOINT PROCESSING THEREWITH, ONE OF THE IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREAS OF EACH ASSOCIATED PAIR BEING PHOTOSENSITIVE, AND THE OTHER BEING RECEPTIVE TO A TRANSFER IMAGE UPON PROCESSING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ASSOCIATED PHOTOSENSITIVE AREA, SAID STRIP, PRIOR TO PROCESSING, BEING COILED UPON ITSELF IN THE FORM OF A MULTI-LAYER HELIX WITH SAID LEADING END OUTERMOST AND WITH SAID ONE FACE OF SAID STRIP FACING INWARDLY OF SAID HELIX WHEREBY IT IS CONCAVELY CURVED, SAID SHEETS EACH BEING ARRANGED IN SAID FIRST SUPERIMPOSED POSITION ON SAID FACE OF SAID STRIP.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
278 words
A COMPOSITE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCT COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CARRIER STRIP HAVING A LEADING END PORTION, A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT SHEETS SUPERIMPOSED UPON AND LYING IN SUBSTANTIALLY FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE FACE OF SAID STRIP AND EACH INCLUDING AN OUTWARDLY-FACING IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA, HINGE MEANS INDIVIDUALLY SECURING SAID SHEETS ALONG THEIR TRAILING EDGES DIRECTLY TO SAID ONE FACE OF SAID STRIP AT LONGITUDINALLY SPACED LOCATIONS THEREALONG, THE AXIS OF EACH SUCH HINGE MEANS BEING LOCATED CLOSELY ADJACENT THE TRAILING EDGE OF ITS ASSOCIATED SHEET AND BEING FIXED IN POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID STRIP, THE SPACING BETWEEN ADJACENT HINGE MEANS BEING AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE LENGTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL SHEETS, AT LEAST THAT PORTION OF SAID FACE OF SAID STRIP REARWARDLY OF EACH OF SAID HINGE MEANS ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH AN IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICALLY ABOUT THE AXIS OF THE ASSOCIATED HINGE MEANS RELATIVE TO THE IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA OF THE ASSOCIATED SHEET, EACH OF SAID SHEETS BEING SWINGABLE ABOUT THE AXIS OF ITS HINGE MEANS INTO A POSITION WHEREIN IT EXTENDS REARWARDLY THEREFROM WITH ITS IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA IN SUBSTANTIAL FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ASSOCIATED IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREA ON SAID STRIP FOR CONJOINT PROCESSING THEREWITH, ONE OF THE IMAGE-RECEPTIVE AREAS OF EACH ASSOCIATED PAIR BEING PHOTOSENSITIVE, AND THE OTHER BEING RECEPTIVE TO A TRANSFER IMAGE UPON PROCESSING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE ASSOCIATED PHOTOSENSITIVE AREA, SAID STRIP, PRIOR TO PROCESSING, BEING COILED UPON ITSELF IN THE FORM OF A MULTI-LAYER HELIX WITH SAID LEADING END OUTERMOST AND WITH SAID ONE FACE OF SAID STRIP FACING INWARDLY OF SAID HELIX WHEREBY IT IS CONCAVELY CURVED, SAID SHEETS EACH BEING ARRANGED IN SAID FIRST SUPERIMPOSED POSITION ON SAID FACE OF SAID STRIP.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1971-01-15 | 1971-07-17 | 1972-01-16 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1975-01-15 | 1975-07-17 | 1976-01-16 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1979-01-15 | 1979-07-17 | 1980-01-16 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |