US4368096A
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Photographic film splicer
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1981-08-25
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Granted: 1983-01-11
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Expires: 2001-08-25
Abstract
Abstract A film splicer includes first and second parallel film handling stations with a first cutter in the first film handling station cutting the leading edge of a succeeding film strip. A pair of pins engage either film strip perforations or one longitudinal edge of the succeeding film strip and shift the film transversely into the second film handling station. The first cutter in the first film handling station cuts the front edge of the film such that it will be substantially in its proper position for splicing once it is transversely shifted to the second film handling station. A lever in the second film handling station is provided for automatically actuating a rear edge cutter in the second film handling station as soon as the film has been entirely removed from its spool.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhiko Kobayashi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 19:39
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03D; G03D15/00; G03D15/04; G03D15/043; G03D13/00; G03D13/003; G03D13/005; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T156/00; Y10T156/17; Y10T156/1702; Y10T156/1712; Y10T156/1715; Y10T156/1717
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
159 words
A photographic film splicer for splicing the rear edge of a preceding film with the front edge of a succeeding film, each of said films being in the form of a roll having its rear edge fastened to a respective spool, and each of said films having its front and rear edges cut when removed from said respective spool, the improvement comprising: a first film handling station including cutting means for cutting the front edge of said succeeding film while said succeeding film extends from its respective spool in a first direction; a second film handling station positioned in parallel to said first film handling station and including second cutting means for cutting the rear edge of said preceding film, and further including splicing means for splicing said preceding and succeeding films; and transverse film shifting means for moving said succeeding film transversely of said first direction from said first film handling station to said second film handling station.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
159 words
A photographic film splicer for splicing the rear edge of a preceding film with the front edge of a succeeding film, each of said films being in the form of a roll having its rear edge fastened to a respective spool, and each of said films having its front and rear edges cut when removed from said respective spool, the improvement comprising: a first film handling station including cutting means for cutting the front edge of said succeeding film while said succeeding film extends from its respective spool in a first direction; a second film handling station positioned in parallel to said first film handling station and including second cutting means for cutting the rear edge of said preceding film, and further including splicing means for splicing said preceding and succeeding films; and transverse film shifting means for moving said succeeding film transversely of said first direction from said first film handling station to said second film handling station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
79 words
A photographic film splicer as defined in claim 1, wherein said transverse film shifting means comprises at least two engaging pins each of which is movable between said first and second film handling stations, said pins engaging said succeeding film in said first film handling station, moving in a direction transverse to said first direction to thereby move said succeeding film to said second film handling station, disengaging said succeeding film and returning to said first film handling station.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A photographic film splicer as defined in claim 2, wherein said succeeding film includes a plurality of perforations provided in a longitudinal edge thereof, said at least two engaging pins each engaging a different one of said perforations in said succeeding film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
A photographic film splicer as defined in claim 2, wherein said succeeding film in said first film handling station includes an opposite longitudinal edge positioned furthest from said second film handling station, said at least two engaging pins engaging said opposite longitudinal edge of said succeeding film in said first film handling station and moving in a direction transverse to said first direction to thereby move said succeeding film to said second film handling station.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
116 words
A photographic film splicer as defined in claim 1, wherein said splicing means splices said rear edge of said preceding film and said front edge of said succeeding film with said front edge in a predetermined position in said second film handling station, and wherein said first cutting means in said first film handling station cuts the front edge of said succeeding film at a first cutting position which is substantially in horizontal alignment with the predetermined position of said front edge in said splicing means, whereby said front edge of said succeeding film will be substantially at its predetermined position after transverse movement to said second film handling station by said transverse film shifting means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
80 words
A photographic film splicer as defined in claim 1, the improvement further comprising lever means adjacent the film in said second film handling station and between said splicing means and the spool to which said film in said second film handling station is fastened, said lever means being shiftable along said first direction when said film in said second film handling station is substantially completely removed from said spool, the shifting of said lever means actuating said second cutting means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
A photographic film splicer as defined in any one of claims 2-4, wherein said engaging pins are slidable transversely between said first and second film handling stations in respective slots beneath said films, said pins protruding from said slots to engage said succeeding film and retracting into said slots for disengaging said succeeding film.
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