US3740136A
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Micro-image viewer-printer machine
Assignee: Consolidated Micrographics Inc
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Filing: 1972-05-05
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Granted: 1973-06-19
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Expires: 1992-05-05
Abstract
Abstract A micro-image viewer-printer machine for selectively viewing or reproducing micro-images, particularly those stored on a roll of microfilm, includes a reference frame counter that initiates its counting operation in response to the appearance of a first image on a roll of microfilm. The reference frame counter maintains a cumulative count of all frames passing through the device in a forward direction and reduces that count by the number of frames passed through the device in a reverse or rewind direction. A keyboard encoder enables the entry of a desired number of reproductions per frame and a desired number of consecutive frames to be reproduced. Control means are provided for automatically reproducing a variable, preselectable number of copies of an image on the roll of microfilm. A further control circuit automatically reproduces a variable, preselectable number of copies of a variable, preselectable number of consecutive frames on a roll of microfilm. A device is provided for sensing the direction of movement of microfilm. The present machine enables the rapid selection of one or more frames on a roll of microfilm and the rapid reproduction of a variable, preselectable number of copies of a variable, preselectable number of consecutive frames on a roll of microfilm.
Inventors
- 👤 W Maloney
- 👤 H Margulis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 21:43
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B21/00; G03B21/10; G03B21/11; G03B21/118
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 44
Claim 1
Independent Claim
75 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through siad device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said microimages for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
75 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through siad device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said microimages for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A device as recited in claim 1 wherein said controlling means includes first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and second storing means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
174 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, means for reducing said first number by an increment of one in response to the processing of each of said copies by said device, means for providing a first indication when said first number is reduced to zero and means for resetting said first storing means to said first number when said first number is reduced to zero.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
174 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, means for reducing said first number by an increment of one in response to the processing of each of said copies by said device, means for providing a first indication when said first number is reduced to zero and means for resetting said first storing means to said first number when said first number is reduced to zero.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device as recited in claim 3 wherein said transporting means includes means responsive to said first indication for moving another of said micro-images into said device for processing by said device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
A device as recited in claim 3 wherein said controlling means includes means for reducing said second number by an increment of one in response to said first indication and means for providing a second indication when said second number is reduced to zero.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A device as recited in claim 5 wherein said controlling means includes means responsive to said second indication for terminating the copy processing of said micro-images by said device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
130 words
A device as recited in claim 5 wherein said second storing means comprises a second pair of serially connected, presettable, binary counters, one of said second pair of said counters for storing the units digit of said second number and the other of said second pair of counters for storing the tens digit of said second number, both of said second pair of counters including a plurality of output leads selectively enabled to indicate in binary form the number presently stored within each of said counters and wherein said means for providing said second indication includes a second coincidence circuit monitoring said plurality of outputs of said second pair of counters and enabled to provide said second indication when none of said plurality of outputs of said counters are enabled.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
130 words
A device as recited in claim 3 wherein said first storing means comprises a first pair of serially connected, presettable, binary counters, one of said first pair of said counters for storing the units digit of said first number and the other of said first pair of counters for storing the tens digit of said first number, both of said first pair of counters includiNg a plurality of output leads selectively enabled to indicate in binary form the number presently stored within each of said counters and wherein said means for providing said first indication comprises a first coincidence circuit monitoring said plurality of outputs of said first pair of counters and enabled to provide said first indication when none of said plurality of outputs of said counters are enabled.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
202 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, said first means for storing comprising a pair of serially connected, presettable, binary counters, one of said pair for storing the units digit of said first number and the other of said pair for storing the tens digit of said first number and said second means for storing comprising a pair of serially connected, presettable, binary counters, one of said pair for storing the units digit of said seocnd number and the other of said pair for storing the tens digit of said second number.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
202 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, said first means for storing comprising a pair of serially connected, presettable, binary counters, one of said pair for storing the units digit of said first number and the other of said pair for storing the tens digit of said first number and said second means for storing comprising a pair of serially connected, presettable, binary counters, one of said pair for storing the units digit of said seocnd number and the other of said pair for storing the tens digit of said second number.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
182 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, said means for entering said first and said second numbers comprising a plurality of depressible keys including at least one independent key for each of the decimal integers ''''0'''' through ''''9'''' and further comprising at least four gating means selectively enabled in response to the depression of the keys corresponding to the decimal integers ''''1'''' through ''''9'''' for converting a decimal integer into binary form.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
182 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, said means for entering said first and said second numbers comprising a plurality of depressible keys including at least one independent key for each of the decimal integers ''''0'''' through ''''9'''' and further comprising at least four gating means selectively enabled in response to the depression of the keys corresponding to the decimal integers ''''1'''' through ''''9'''' for converting a decimal integer into binary form.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
58 words
A device as recited in claim 10 wherein said means for entering said first and said second numbers further comprises third means for storing a units digit and a tens digit in binary form and a means for selectively transferring said stored units digit and tens digit to eitehr first storing means or to said second storing means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
71 words
A device as recited in claim 11 wherein said means for selectively transferring said stored digits includes two depressible keys, a first one of said keys being depressible to transfer said stored digits from said third means for storing to said first means for storing and a second one of said keys being depressible to transfer said stored digits from said third means for storing to said second means for storing.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
68 words
A device as recited in claim 11 wherein said third means for storing includes a plurality of output leads selectively enabled in response to a digit entered into said third means for storing by a first plurality of input leads and a second plurality of input leads selectively enabled by said plurality of output leads for sToring one of said two digits in said third means for storing.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
127 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, and means for visually indicating said first and said second numbers.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
127 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising: means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, and means for visually indicating said first and said second numbers.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
135 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising means for moving a plurality of micro-images in a first direction through said device and for moving said plurality of micro-images in a second direction through said device, means for counting said micro-images and for providing a cumulative total of said micro-images as they are moved in said first direction through said device, means for detecting the direction of movement of said micro-images through said device, said counting means being responsive to said detecting means to reduce said cumulative total by the number of micro-images moved through said device in said second direction, means for providing a projectable image of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for reproducing a predetermined number of copies of one or more of said plurality of micro-images.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
135 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising means for moving a plurality of micro-images in a first direction through said device and for moving said plurality of micro-images in a second direction through said device, means for counting said micro-images and for providing a cumulative total of said micro-images as they are moved in said first direction through said device, means for detecting the direction of movement of said micro-images through said device, said counting means being responsive to said detecting means to reduce said cumulative total by the number of micro-images moved through said device in said second direction, means for providing a projectable image of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, and means for reproducing a predetermined number of copies of one or more of said plurality of micro-images.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
16 words
A device as recited in claim 15 further comprising means for visually indicating said cumulative total.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
62 words
A device as recited in claim 15 wherein said moving means includes a rotatable shaft and said detecting means includes a member in frictional engagement with said shaft and movable between a first stop position and a second stop position depending upon the direction of rotation of said shaft to thereby provide an indication of the direction of rotation of said shaft.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
41 words
A device as recited in claim 15 further comprising means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
50 words
A device as recited in claim 18 wherein said controlling means includes first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
70 words
A device as recited in claim 19 wherein said controlling means includes means for reducing said first number by an increment of one in response to the processing of each of said copies by said device, means for providing a first indication when said first number is reduced to zero and means for resetting said first storage means to said first number when said first number is reduced to zero.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device as recited in claim 20 wherein said transporting means includes means responsive to said first indication for moving another of said micro-images into said device for processing by said device.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
44 words
A device as recited in claim 20 wherein said controlling means includes means for reducing said second number by an increment of one in response to said first indication and means for providing a second indication when said second number is reduced to zero.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
29 words
A device as recited in claim 22 wherein said controlling means includes means responsive to said second indication for terminating the copy processing of said micro-images by said device.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
19 words
A device as recited in claim 18 further comprising means for viSually indicating said first and said second numbers.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
53 words
A photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of originals through said device for copy processing by said device and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of originals.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
53 words
A photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of originals through said device for copy processing by said device and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of originals.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
50 words
A device as recited in claim 25 wherein said controlling means includes first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
152 words
A photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of originals through said device for copy processing by said device and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of originals, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said deivce, second means for storing said second number in said device, means for entering said first and said second number into said first and said second storing means, means for reducing said first number by an increment of one in response to the processing of each of said copies by said device, means for providing a first indication when said first number is reduced to zero and means for resetting said fisrt storing means to said first number when said first number is reduced to zero.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
152 words
A photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of originals through said device for copy processing by said device and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of originals, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said deivce, second means for storing said second number in said device, means for entering said first and said second number into said first and said second storing means, means for reducing said first number by an increment of one in response to the processing of each of said copies by said device, means for providing a first indication when said first number is reduced to zero and means for resetting said fisrt storing means to said first number when said first number is reduced to zero.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
32 words
A device as recited in claim 27 wherein said transporting means includes means responsive to said first indication for moving another of said originals into said device for processing by said device.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
44 words
A device as recited in claim 27 wherein said controlling means includes means for reducing said second number by an increment of one in response to said first indication and means for providing a second indication when said second number is reduced to zero.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
29 words
A device as recited in claim 29 wherein said controlling means includes means responsive to said second indication for terminating the copy processing of said originals by said device.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
105 words
A photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of originals through said device for copy processing by said device, means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of originals, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, and means for visually indicating said first and said second numbers.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
105 words
A photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of originals through said device for copy processing by said device, means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of originals, said controlling means including first means for storing said first number in said device, second means for storing said second number in said device, and means for entering said first and said second numbers into said first and said second storing means, and means for visually indicating said first and said second numbers.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
110 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, and controllable, automatic means for scanning said plurality of micro-images to locate a predetermined one of said plurality of micro-images, said predetermined one being the first one of said second number of said plurality of micro-images.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
110 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, means for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device, means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, and controllable, automatic means for scanning said plurality of micro-images to locate a predetermined one of said plurality of micro-images, said predetermined one being the first one of said second number of said plurality of micro-images.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
108 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, meAns for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including manually variably manipulative means for programming said device to automatically reproduce said first, variable, preselectable number of copies of said second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
108 words
A micro-image viewing and photocopying device comprising means for transporting a plurality of micro-images through said device for copy processing by said device, meAns for providing a projectable image of each of said micro-images for viewing by an operator of said device and means for controlling said device to cause said device to automatically reproduce a first, variable, preselectable number of copies of each of a second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images, said controlling means including manually variably manipulative means for programming said device to automatically reproduce said first, variable, preselectable number of copies of said second, variable, preselectable number of said plurality of micro-images.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1976-06-18 | 1976-12-18 | 1977-06-19 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1980-06-18 | 1980-12-18 | 1981-06-19 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1984-06-18 | 1984-12-18 | 1985-06-19 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |