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Film record card
Assignee: Microseal Corp
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Filing: 1971-12-09
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Granted: 1976-06-01
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Expires: 1991-12-09
Abstract
Abstract A film record card having an elongated, rectangular film pocket sized to receive a plurality of aligned microfilm strips is characterized by at least one discrete mass of non-setting adhesive attached to one or both of a pair of longitudinally extending sidewalls of the pocket and projecting inwardly of the pocket for grippingly engaging the film strips, thereby to retain the individual film strips in certain preselected positions within the pocket for enabling accurate automatic scanning of the film record card.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas P. Anderson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 22:49
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K19/00; G06K19/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A film record card comprising a card means having at least a transparent portion with at least one generally elongated pocket means therein adapted to receive therein a film means including a plurality of frames of generally uniform width, said pocket means having generally parallel side edge portions and being of a length to receive a plurality of film means, and a plurality of discrete masses of non-setting adhesive means in said pocket means along at least one of said side edge portions spaced apart a distance generally conforming to said width of said film frames whereby said adhesive means will act to locate the juncture areas between said film means and frames, said adhesive means extending inwardly of said pocket from a respective side edge portion for grippingly engaging said film means to restrain movement thereof and retain the engaged film means at a selected predetermined position within said pocket means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
152 words
A film record card comprising a card means having at least a transparent portion with at least one generally elongated pocket means therein adapted to receive therein a film means including a plurality of frames of generally uniform width, said pocket means having generally parallel side edge portions and being of a length to receive a plurality of film means, and a plurality of discrete masses of non-setting adhesive means in said pocket means along at least one of said side edge portions spaced apart a distance generally conforming to said width of said film frames whereby said adhesive means will act to locate the juncture areas between said film means and frames, said adhesive means extending inwardly of said pocket from a respective side edge portion for grippingly engaging said film means to restrain movement thereof and retain the engaged film means at a selected predetermined position within said pocket means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A film record card according to claim 1 further characterized by a plurality of said discrete masses of non-setting adhesive being arranged in longitudinally spaced pairs in said pocket along opposite ones of said pocket side edge portions and extending inwardly of said pocket side edge.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A film record card according to claim 2 further characterized by said pairs of discrete masses of non-setting adhesive being disposed in the region of juncture areas between adjacently disposed film means having predetermined lengths.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
A film record card according to claim 1 wherein a plurality of said pocket means are positioned adjacent each other, said pockets each having parallel side edge portions spaced apart a distance to receive therein a plurality of film means having constant width.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
107 words
A film record card comprising a card member having at least one elongated, rectangular transparent pocket formed therein, said pocket having a pair of parallel, longitudinally extending side edge portions, said pocket receiving a plurality of film pieces having a constant width, retaining means comprising a plurality of adhesive dots in said pocket spaced along said longitudinal side edges thereof at predetermined position so that said dots are in juncture areas between said film pieces, said retaining means releasably grippingly engaging the film strips for restraining movement thereof longitudinally of said elongated pocket whereby said film pieces are securely retained in exact predetermined positions in said pocket.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
107 words
A film record card comprising a card member having at least one elongated, rectangular transparent pocket formed therein, said pocket having a pair of parallel, longitudinally extending side edge portions, said pocket receiving a plurality of film pieces having a constant width, retaining means comprising a plurality of adhesive dots in said pocket spaced along said longitudinal side edges thereof at predetermined position so that said dots are in juncture areas between said film pieces, said retaining means releasably grippingly engaging the film strips for restraining movement thereof longitudinally of said elongated pocket whereby said film pieces are securely retained in exact predetermined positions in said pocket.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
A film record card according to claim 5 wherein said card bears cooperating indicia indicating predetermined film frame positions whereby retrieval and reproduction of the filmed matter according to the predetermined position of the documents is facilitated.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
37 words
A film record card according to claim 5 wherein said card bears cooperating indicia indicating predetermined film frame position whereby retrieval and reproduction of the filmed matter according to the predetermined position of the documents is facilitated.
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