Adapter

Claim 1

An adapter for connecting a receiving cassette for rolled film, particularly for those used in X-ray examining devices, to a developing automat having an inlet slit for the insertion of the film to be developed, the adapter having a light-tight housing comprising a cover, first means guiding said film through said housing into said slit, and second means connected with the end of the film only when the cover is closed, for pulling the film out of the receiving cassette and feeding it into said slit, said second means comprising manually operated film-feeding rollers located in the film passage between the receiving cassette and said slit; cassette receiving means, a stop bar for opening the shutter of the receiving cassette when said cassette is fully positioned in said cassette receiving means, at least one of said film-feeding rollers comprising a locking device which is disengaged only when a receiving cassette has been fully positioned in the cassette receiving means, lateral guides guiding the film perpendicularly into said slit, a light-tight housing enclosing from all sides the film passage between said cassette and said slit, a light-tight closing cover in said film passage, and masking means covering those portions of said slit extending to the sides of the film passage of the adapter, said masking means being manually operable flaps enabling the automat to be also used for the simultaneous development of sheet film and roll film.