US5407146A
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Photographic film cassette
Assignee: Fujifilm Corp
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Filing: 1993-08-10
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Granted: 1995-04-18
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Expires: 2013-08-10
Abstract
Abstract A film cassette assembly has a cassette and a roll of film wound on a spool and contained in the cassette. When the spool is rotated, the roll of film is rotated together with it in order to feed a film leader out of the cassette through a film passage mouth. To rotate the spool and the roll of film together, the film cassette assembly presses an axial end portion of the outermost periphery of the roll of film or presses the film's circumferential peripheral surface. Where the axial end portion of the outermost periphery of the roll of film is to be pressed, at least one of a pair of flanges of the spool is elastically deformed to clamp both axial side edges of the outermost periphery of the roll of film. Where the circumferential surface of the outermost periphery of the roll of film is to be pressed, a projection and an elastic member are provided within the cassette.
Inventors
- 👤 Koichi Takahashi
- 👤 Kazuo Okutsu
- 👤 Masuhiko Hirose
- 👤 Kazunori Mizuno
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 13:01
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B17/00; G03B17/28; G03B17/30; G03B2217/00; G03B2217/26; G03B2217/265; G03B2217/266
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
148 words
A photographic film cassette assembly having a spool for winding a photographic film in a roll in such a way that a back surface of the photographic film faces outwardly, said spool including a spool shaft, and a cassette for rotatably containing said spool therein and provided with a film passage mouth for passing said photographic film therethrough, said photographic film cassette assembly further comprising: restricting means disposed within said cassette, for pressing an outermost circumferential peripheral surface of said roll of photographic film toward said spool shaft in order to prevent said roll of photographic film from being loose, a coefficient of friction between said restricting means and said back surface of said roll being smaller than a coefficient of friction between said back surface and a silver halide emulsion surface of said photographic film, wherein said restricting means is an elastic member mounted within said cassette.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
A photographic film cassette assembly having a spool for winding a photographic film in a roll in such a way that a back surface of the photographic film faces outwardly, said spool including a spool shaft, and a cassette for rotatably containing said spool therein and provided with a film passage mouth for passing said photographic film therethrough, said photographic film cassette assembly further comprising: restricting means disposed within said cassette, for pressing an outermost circumferential peripheral surface of said roll of photographic film toward said spool shaft in order to prevent said roll of photographic film from being loose, a coefficient of friction between said restricting means and said back surface of said roll being smaller than a coefficient of friction between said back surface and a silver halide emulsion surface of said photographic film, wherein said restricting means is an elastic member mounted within said cassette.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
A photographic film cassette assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said restricting means comprises a circumferential projection disposed within said cassette.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
176 words
A photographic film cassette assembly, having a spool for winding a photographic film in a roll in such a way that a back surface of the photographic film faces outwardly, said spool including a spool shaft, and a cassette for rotatably containing said spool therein and provided with a film passage mouth for passing said photographic film therethrough, said photographic film cassette assembly further comprising: restricting means disposed within said cassette, for pressing an outermost circumferential peripheral surface of said roll of photographic film toward said spool shaft in order to prevent said roll of photographic film from being loose, a coefficient of friction between said restricting means and said back surface of said roll being smaller than a coefficient of friction between said back surface and a silver halide emulsion surface of said photographic film, wherein said restricting means is an elastic member mounted within said cassette, wherein said elastic member comprises a rubber member, a sponge, or an elastic plate, and wherein said elastic member has a lubricant layer formed on its outer surface.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
176 words
A photographic film cassette assembly, having a spool for winding a photographic film in a roll in such a way that a back surface of the photographic film faces outwardly, said spool including a spool shaft, and a cassette for rotatably containing said spool therein and provided with a film passage mouth for passing said photographic film therethrough, said photographic film cassette assembly further comprising: restricting means disposed within said cassette, for pressing an outermost circumferential peripheral surface of said roll of photographic film toward said spool shaft in order to prevent said roll of photographic film from being loose, a coefficient of friction between said restricting means and said back surface of said roll being smaller than a coefficient of friction between said back surface and a silver halide emulsion surface of said photographic film, wherein said restricting means is an elastic member mounted within said cassette, wherein said elastic member comprises a rubber member, a sponge, or an elastic plate, and wherein said elastic member has a lubricant layer formed on its outer surface.
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