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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5187512 | Film cassette containing pre-exposed film During manufacture each frame of a film strip has one portion masked while the frame is exposed to light. Said light impinges on a second portion of the frame to form a latent image. The film strip is mounted within a camera where the previously unexposed... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5181059 | Camera adaptor kit A camera having a flash for illuminating an object to be photographed includes a film cassette inside the camera housing. A template is located within the film cassette to overlie a stack of film units during their sequential exposure. The template includ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5144348 | Image bearing template for instant film assemblages An image bearing template especially adapted for use with a film assemblage including a cassette containing instant type film units. Several embodiments are shown each of which includes means for preventing relative movement of the template relative to an... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5142311 | Film assemblage with pre-exposed film and method for forming the same During manufacture a film unit has one portion masked while it is exposed to light in a second portion to form a latent image of indicia on the mask. A pod of liquid developer is attached to the pre-exposed film unit and together they are mounted within a... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5107289 | Reflex camera having pivotable mirror A foldable camera having a reflex mirror for redirecting image bearing light rays from the camera's lens to a film unit located in a cassette. An upper and lower housing interconnected by a flexible bellows are pivotally connected to one another for movem... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5049907 | Camera having chamber for storing exposed film units during their development An instant type camera having first and second film engaging means for moving an exposed film unit from a film cassette to a film storage chamber. The second film engaging means is mounted for movement from a position on the entry side of a pair of spread... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5027142 | Collapsible camera A camera including a plurality of housings pivotally coupled to each other for movement from a collapsed compact position in which a subject may be framed in a viewfinder of the camera, to an erected position during which an exposure of the subject may be... | 06/25/1991 |
| 5023636 | Pivotally mounted spread roller assembly A camera for use with instant film includes a spread roller assembly including superposed rollers for spreading a processing liquid between predetermined layers of an exposed film unit to initiate the formation of a visible image therein while simultaneou... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5019842 | Extendable shade in instant camera for protecting film unit from ambient light A instant camera of the type which receives film assemblages having stacked film units of the self-developing type. The camera is provided with a pair of spread rollers which engage an exposed film unit to spread a processing liquid between layers of the ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 5001502 | Camera having film cassette hold back/film exit shade A folding camera of the self-developing type having a housing containing a film cassette, the housing being movable into and out of an erected picture taking position in which an end of the film cassette is exposed to ambient light. A shade having a later... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4978994 | Exposure system for image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of flash lamps mounted at approximately symmetrical positions are alternately lit for exposure of an original to obtain a copied image on a light sensitive film, distribution of exposures effected by the ... | 12/18/1990 |
| 4972218 | Photographic film assemblage A film assemblage includes a film cassette having opposed forward and rear walls and a spring platen which resiliently engages a stack of film units to urge them toward the forward wall. A coupling is provided for coupling the spring platen to the rear wa... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4951073 | Synchronizing device for dual camera photography Dual camera photography is effected using two conventional cameras of the same or diverse models with, for example, one camera carrying instant film and the other camera housing negative film. Actuation of each of the cameras is controlled by the present ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 4924260 | Exposure system of image forming apparatus For obtaining a required amount of exposure on a light sensitive film in an image forming apparatus in which a plurality of flash lamps disposed in opposition to the original are lit for exposure of the original to form a copied image on a light sensitive... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4893144 | Continuous web form instant photographic materials and method for processing the same A rapid access processing method for processing and delivering successive image frames on a continuous carrier web in a manner so that processing liquid spread over the area of each image frame on the carrier web is confined essentially to the image frame... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4886732 | 35 mm self-developing transparency film assemblage An instant or self-developing transparency film assemblage for producing a 35 mm film transparency ready for mounting in a frame for subsequent viewing in cooperation with a viewer or projector. The film assemblage includes (1) a film chip having an opaqu... | 12/12/1989 |
| 4884088 | Kit for converting 35 mm camera for use with self-developing transparency film A kit for converting a conventional 35 mm camera for use with instant or self-developing transparency film assemblages. The kit includes a camera loading door defining a lighttight film withdrawal slot, and a spread roller assembly. The spread roller asse... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4881091 | Data card illumination arrangement A data card illumination arrangement for use within a compact identification card camera system and for providing uniform indirect illumination over the entire information bearing surface of a data card. The arrangement includes a pair of illumination ass... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4870453 | Magnification varying mechanism for image forming apparatus A copier for providing photographic copies of different sized originals, having an optical system variable for altering the magnification of an original, a scale member movable to locate the end of each respective size of original on the copier, and a lin... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4870306 | Method and apparatus for precisely moving a motor armature Electromagnetic actuators are disclosed for precisely and directly incrementing an output member along a given generally linear path. Included in one actuator is a pair of assemblies, one of which is movable with respect to the other along the given path.... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4855769 | Photographic apparatus for motorized processing of instant film A motor driven camera back for instant film carrying machine readable indicia representative of parameters of the film. The back includes a pair of processing rollers driven by a motor between an initial spaced relationship and an operative pressure nip r... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4855770 | Vehicle identification camera A vehicle identification camera arrangement for photographing a vehicle identification number (VIN) plate through a vehicle windshield includes a housing having an object window at its distal end forwardly of the lens and an aperture stop adjoining the le... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4839676 | Film cassette-liquid spread roller assembly interface Photographic apparatus for supporting a cassette containing a plurality of film units of the self-developing type in position for exposure. Subsequent to its exposure, the film unit is moved out of the cassette and redirected to a liquid spread roller ass... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4827297 | Photographic film assemblage having instant film A film assemblage includes a plurality of self-developing film units mounted in a cassette having first and second sections. The first section has an aperture for the exposure of the film units mounted within the cassette. Each film unit includes a flat b... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4824761 | Integral film assemblage of the instant or self-developing type A self-developing integral film assemblage or unit adapted to be advanced between a pair of liquid spreading members in a camera to distribute a processing composition between a first positive or image-receiving sheet and a second negative or image-record... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4823154 | Film advancing assembly for self-developing film Apparatus for advancing individual photographic film units from a stack of the same and moving them to the exterior of a cassette. The film units, which are of the instant or self-developing type, each include a leading end having a rupturable container o... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4814801 | Instant type camera for receiving a collapsible film cassette A self-developing or instant camera of the type which receives a collapsible cassette containing a plurality of film units arranged in stacked relationship. Transporting means is provided for moving successive exposed film units from the cassette and tran... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4800405 | Camera having disconnectible manual controls for film unit removal assembly and a shade assembly A photographic camera of the instant type having an imbibition chamber for storing exposed film units during their development. The imbibition chamber has a window through which an image in an exposed film in the chamber can be viewed. Manually operative ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4774535 | Instant type camera with manually operable means for removing film units from imbibition chamber An instant type camera is provided with an imbibition chamber having (1) a window in one wall thereof through which an exposed and developed film unit may be viewed and (2) an egress through which an exposed and developed film unit may be manually advance... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4767691 | Photographic film assemblage A photographic film assemblage includes a pair of sheets bonded together around their edges and being in liquid communication with a sealed rupturable container of film processing liquid. An aperture in one of the sheets is covered by a film chip which, s... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4756966 | Transparency film assemblage with processing liquid pad in envelope A transparency film assemblage for use with a camera includes a mount with an aperture therethrough. A film frame have a photosensitive layer is bonded to the mount in a position to cover the aperture. Secured to the mount is a foil sheet folded upon itse... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4755839 | Pivotally mounted spread roller assembly Photographic apparatus for moving an exposed film unit of the instant type from a film cassette and through an arcuate passageway which changes its path of movement from a first direction to a second direction, the apparatus including a roller assembly ha... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4738525 | Transparency film assemblage and roller assembly for use therewith A transparency film assemblage having a film frame of the instant or self-developing type and a roller assembly specifically adapted for use with the assemblage during the spreading of a processing liquid between an emulsion side of the film frame and a s... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4734733 | Camera with two position strobe A photographic camera having a source of artificial illumination mounted for automatic movement from a first operative fill flash position to a second operative position. In its second position, the intensity of its illumination is greater than in the fir... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4721974 | Film processing kit A disposable kit of the type adapted for use in film processing apparatus in the processing of a roll of exposed instant type transparency film, preferably of the 35 mm format. The kit includes a two-section housing which encloses a roll of sheet material... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4719487 | Camera having tiltable photocell lens assembly A photographic camera having an automatic exposure control circuit including a photocell lens assembly mounted for movement through an angle greater than ninety degrees, as the camera is rotated in either direction about its optical axis between a horizon... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4716092 | Transparency film assemblage and roller assembly for use therewith A transparency film assemblage having a film frame of the instant or self-developing type and a roller assembly specifically adapted for use with the assemblage during the spreading of a processing liquid between an emulsion side of the film frame and a s... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4693576 | Camera for producing fully mounted transparencies A camera for use with a film assembly having a carrier strip on which are detachably mounted film chips for recording an image, slide mounts which contain rupturable pods holding developing chemicals, a take-up spool upon which the carrier strip is wound ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4688913 | Camera erecting system A folding camera having a flash unit, a flash unit housing, a lens housing, and a main housing which receives the flash unit, the flash unit housing, and the lens housing in nested fashion to form a relatively small package when the camera is folded. The ... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4688912 | Photographic apparatus having a film advancing and processing assembly Photographic apparatus for moving an exposed film unit of the instant type from a film cassette and through an arcuate passageway which changes its path of movement from a first direction to a second direction, the apparatus including a roller assembly wh... | 08/25/1987 |
