US4602714A
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Jacket for strip films
Assignee: Slidex Corp
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Filing: 1984-12-26
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Granted: 1986-07-29
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Expires: 2004-12-26
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed herein is a film jacket for strip film comprising a surface sheet, a back sheet and a pair of locating means each consisting of at least two welded portions as a unit which are separated from each other in the width direction of the strip film at distance slightly larger than the width of the strip film, said pair of the locating means being separated from each other in the length direction of the strip film pocket and said welded portions constituting a film pocket for holding a strip film therein. The welded portions of the paired locating means on either one of the upper and lower sides of the film pocket may be united together to form a short or long welded portion which is positioned between the welded portions on the other side of the film pocket.
Inventors
- 👤 Jiro Ozeki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 18:17
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B21/00; G03B21/54; G03B21/64; B; B42; B42F; B42F5/00; B42F7/00; B42F7/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
219 words
A film jacket for holding a film strip, said film jacket comprising: a surface sheet, a back sheet, two locating means for guiding said film strip into said film jacket and for holding said film strip in said film jacket, each of said two locating means being defined by said surface sheet bonded to said back sheet and said two locating means being separated from each other in the width direction of the film strip at a distance slightly larger than the width of the film strip to form a close-type film pocket for assuredly holding said film strip between said surface sheet and said back sheet, said two locating means being spaced from a peripheral edge of said film jacket, a first of said two locating means being located on a first imaginary line and a second of said two locating means being located on a second imaginary line, said first imaginary line and said second imaginary line extending substantially parallel and being spaced from each other, a portion of said first locating means located furthest from said peripheral edge being spaced from said peripheral edge by a predetermined distance, and a portion of said second locating means located closest to said peripheral edge being spaced from said peripheral edge by a distance greater than said predetermined distance.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
219 words
A film jacket for holding a film strip, said film jacket comprising: a surface sheet, a back sheet, two locating means for guiding said film strip into said film jacket and for holding said film strip in said film jacket, each of said two locating means being defined by said surface sheet bonded to said back sheet and said two locating means being separated from each other in the width direction of the film strip at a distance slightly larger than the width of the film strip to form a close-type film pocket for assuredly holding said film strip between said surface sheet and said back sheet, said two locating means being spaced from a peripheral edge of said film jacket, a first of said two locating means being located on a first imaginary line and a second of said two locating means being located on a second imaginary line, said first imaginary line and said second imaginary line extending substantially parallel and being spaced from each other, a portion of said first locating means located furthest from said peripheral edge being spaced from said peripheral edge by a predetermined distance, and a portion of said second locating means located closest to said peripheral edge being spaced from said peripheral edge by a distance greater than said predetermined distance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 1, wherein each locating means further comprises two pair of vertically opposed welded portions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 1 wherein each locating means further compress a pair comprises of opposed linear parallel welded portions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 1, wherein each locating means further comprises a pair of two welded portions deviated in the length direction of the film pocket.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 4, wherein the two welded portions on either one of upper and lower sides of the film pocket is positioned within a width of the welded portions on the other side.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 4, wherein the two welded portions positioned within the width of the welded portions on the other side of the film pocket are continued to form a long welded portion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 4, wherein the two welded portions positioned within the width of the welded portions on the other side of the film pocket is united together as a short welded portion which is located in the middle portion between the welded portions on the other side.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 1, wherein each locating means further comprises three welded portions staggered in the length direction of the film pocket.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 1, wherein the surface sheet is divided into two surface sheet sections at a line intersecting with the pocket-extending direction.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 1, wherein binding holes are provided in one of the side portions of the film jacket.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
41 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 1, wherein a light-intercepting or light-reducing zones are provided to cover an area other than an image area of the strip film on the longitudinal sides thereof held in the film pocket.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
A film jacket for strip film according to claim 1, wherein the surface sheet and back sheet are formed from a single sheet.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
A film jacket as claimed in claim 1, wherein a top edge and a bottom edge of said film strip are abutted by said locating means when said film strip is located in said film pocket.
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