Apparatus for loading an automatic film processing unit

Abstract

Abstract Apparatus for loading an automatic film processing unit comprises a rotatable turret formed with guideways for holding magazines for axial movement relative to the turret. Each magazine comprises a stack of compartments each of which is adapted to accommodate a standard film container in a predetermined position. The turret is rotatable so that each magazine is successively in a processing station in which a shifting means engages and axially shifts the magazine stepwise so that each compartment is successively adjacent a processing position, the magazines not in a processing station being engaged by means preventing axial movement. The magazines may be formed with compartments selectively adjustable to all hold either 126type film cassettes or 135-type film cartridges, and means may be provided so that once a magazine holding one type of film has been placed on the turret, only magazines also holding that type of film can be positioned on the turret.

Inventors

H Vogt; O Schnellmann

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