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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7210259 | Film holder A film holder includes a base, a cover, and a flattening mechanism. The base has a film panel for receiving a film and a plurality of sliding slots formed at its two opposite sides. The cover is mounted on the base and is slidable on the base in a first direction, a... | 05/01/2007 |
| 6920711 | Photo display system for use with imaged transparencies The present invention provides for a photo display system having a decorative frame, an imaged transparency disposed on the decorative frame and a diffuser film disposed on the imaged transparency. The photo display system also has a base having a means for mounting... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6675518 | Dental x-ray storage and retrieval system Storage and retrieval system for dental x-ray films having an opaque panel and a clear plastic panel, the panels are joined at three sides to form a container sized and suited for safely storing the x-ray films and facilitating their retrieval through the... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6557286 | Stereo slide mount A stereo slide mount system that can reproduce an accurate stereo effect to facilitate a mounting operation and accurate positioning. The stereo slide mount has curved lateral ends facilitation insertion in a slide mount holder. A set of plural types of s... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6502342 | Photographic mount A photographic mount. The mount includes a base member having a fold line defining a pair of blanks. The base member is made of a support layer and a polymer layer disposed thereon, preferably a low density polyethylene. The base member further includes a... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6381418 | Print having information associated with the print stored in a memory coupled to the print A print having information associated with the print stored in a memory coupled to the print. A print, processed by an image processing apparatus, having an attached memory for storing detailed information about the print and allowing contactless access u... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375331 | Protection device for transparencies for overhead projectors A transparency protection device for protecting a transparency sheet, the protection device including a protective sheet and a presentation flap generally coupled to the protective sheet. The protective sheet includes a generally transparent film having a... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6357879 | Film slide and film extractor A slide mount has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes an interior region, an edge, and a slot extending from the interior region to the edge. A cavity is formed between the first portion and the second portion, and extends to ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6177982 | Template for digitizing small format films A template for positioning small format films on the platen of a flatbed scanner for reducing flare during scanning, the template comprising: a thin rectangular member of opaque material, the member having a plurality of rectangular apertures for receivin... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6160663 | Film confined to a frame having relative anisotropic expansion characteristics An assembly comprising a film bounded by a frame, the film having a first thermal expansion coefficient along a first direction parallel to the film and a second thermal expansion coefficient along a second direction parallel to the film, wherein thermal ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6105296 | Stereo slide mount A stereo slide mount can reproduce an accurate stereo effect to facilitate easiness of mounting operation and accurate positioning. Plural types of stereo slide mounts 1 (#1 to #n) that widths W of windows stepwisely decrease have the same pitch Pw of the... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105297 | Stereo slide mount system with vertical alignment guides A stereo slide mount system that can reproduce an accurate stereo effect to facilitate a mounting operation and accurate positioning. A transverse or vertical alignment or positioning guide is used to position the stereo slide film in combination with lon... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6036320 | Stereo slide mount A stereo slide mount intended to facilitate the mounting operation of a slide film and to improve the accuracy of the operation. A stereo slide mount 1 constructs its system of a plurality of kinds of stereo slide mounts 1 (#-E, - - - , and #E) in which t... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6022111 | Self-protected imageable presentation transparency assembly A transparency assembly including two generally transparent sheets, a transparent imageable sheet and a transparent protective sheet. The imageable sheet has a first major surface, a second major surface, and a plurality of side edges. The protective shee... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5836665 | Stereo-slide mount A stereo slide mount which facilitates correct mounting of stereo slides to utilize the advantage of a stereo camera having a function for correcting parallax. The front-side mount frame 11 and the back-side mount frame 12 are provided with windows 13L, 1... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5751399 | Film slides having data windows A film slide including a transparency having an image section bearing a visual image and a data section bearing encoded data relating to the visual image; and a mount having front and back panels. The panels each define an image window overlapping the ima... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5685626 | Stereo slide mount and masking-amount guide device A stereo slide mount is divided into a base frame 21 and a cover frame 22 in order to facilitate the operation for mounting the stereo slide and to improve correctness. The size of the windows of the base frame is equal to the size of the pictures of the ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5676443 | Transparency presentation organizer for overhead projectors The transparency presentation organizer of the invention is in the nature of a portfolio binder, including left, middle and right sections foldable one with respect to another to open and placed on top of an overhead projector in displaying transparencies... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5622420 | Storage and projection pocket for overhead transparencies This invention relates to an overhead transparency storage and presentation pocket. The pocket has two sheets of material that are welded together along two mutually adjacent edges. Alternatively, the pocket is a folded sheet of material welded along one ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5568210 | Envelope for transparency An improved envelope for transparencies for overhead projectors comprising a substantially rectangular pocket made of a transparent sheet material, the pocket having two longitudinal side edges connected by shorter side edges, and being open at least alon... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5422230 | Slide blank, and process for producing a slide therefrom A slide blank comprises a support; a mask layer having a substantially transparent central portion and a non-transparent peripheral portion surrounding the central portion; and an imageable layer which is not substantially photosensitive but is imageable ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5394987 | Cassette for stacks of sheets of x-ray film A cassette for a stack of superimposed sheets of X-ray film has a bottom wall, four sidewalls disposed at the upper side of and defining with the bottom wall a rectangular or square chamber for at least one stack of sheets, and a cover which is pivotally ... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5335027 | Transparency folder A transparency folder, which has an index region for inserting an stripe index therein to facilitate locating a specific transparency, an opaque contrast sheet to facilitate quickly identifying the contents of a transparency; the whole transparency folder... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5288689 | Method for fusing thermal dye transfer images A process of fusing a dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer suitable for forming a slide for projection viewing, the dye-receiving element comprising a polymeric central dye image-receiving section and a polymeric frame section extending around t... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5234886 | Thermal dye transfer receiver slide element A dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer suitable for forming a slide for projection viewing comprising a polymeric central dye image-receiving section and an integral polymeric frame section extending around the periphery of the central dye image... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5037137 | Filing binder A filing binder comprises a plurality of elongated binding members made of a resilient material. Each of the binding members has a groove extending along the length of the binding member and formed with a slit opening opened at one side of the binding mem... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4995221 | Film jacket for flat articles, particularly slide frames A film jacket (1) for flat articles, particularly slide frames (5, 6, 7, 8), that consists of bottom and top plies (2, 3; 103), which are joined at one end and on both sides so that they can accommodate the slide frames. To permit the film jacket to be fi... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4932529 | Display and storage container with a liner having a spacer flap for photographic prints A container is disclosed for storing a stack of photographic prints and their negatives as well as for displaying one of the photographs. The container has a base to which a cover is pivotally attached. The cover has a front wall with a peripheral contour... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4897943 | Photographic display and apparatus for making elemental prints of the same A picture display representing an enlarged image is divided into print portions arranged in predetermined fashion on a display panel to display a complete enlarged picture. A printing apparatus for making the print portions from a single frame of an origi... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4873135 | Preframed transparency film having improved feeding reliability Sheet material suitable for preparing visual transparencies comprising: (a) a backing that is transparent to visible light, (b) an image receptive layer transparent to visible light adhered to at least one major surface of said backing, and (c) an anti-blocking lay... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4836377 | Cover clip for photographic slides A clip for a photographic slide of the type having a photographic film set in a window of a mounting frame and wherein a recess extends inwardly from each side face of the mounting frame to the photographic film. The clip comprises a transparent folio hav... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4802718 | One piece frame for holding a holographic element in a holographic system A one piece frame for holding a holographic element in a holographic system, and comprising a border portion, a seating portion, and a plurality of lateral positioning tabs. The border portion forms an outside border of the frame, and is flexible between ... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4733485 | Desktop film viewer A desktop film viewer includes a box-shaped structure consisting of a cover member and a main member fitted with each other, a light transmission diffusion plate provided on the cover member, and a light source and reflectors provided in the main member t... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4698883 | Cutting and mounting apparatus In a cutting and mounting apparatus for cutting a film section (9) which can be lowered into a slide mount (10) positioned below a cutting tool (5) in a slider (7), and which upon withdrawal of slider (7) can be snapped into the slide mount (10) while res... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4678689 | Transparency lamination process A laminated transparency is covered on its top and bottom face with a top sheet of clear vinyl transparency and a bottom sheet of clear vinyl. A sheet of mat polyester is over the bottom face of the bottom vinyl sheet during the lamination process to prov... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4678525 | Process of manufacturing slide frames A process of manufacturing slide frames is disclosed, which are preferably adapted to be elastically expanded and are made from at least one extruded plastic sheet plastic web. Plastic web portions are adhesively joined or joined by ultrasonic welding to ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4564503 | Mount for fragile test element Means for securing a fragile test element in a mount. A rectangular test element is inserted along an axis normal to the plane of the element and normal to the plane of the mount into a recess in the mount, past overhangs in the walls of the recess. The t... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4502236 | Card carrying microfilm and associated reading lens A card having an information upon which information appears that can be read in the normal manner; a portion carrying a microfilm upon which information is recorded and a portion carrying a lens suitable for reading the microfilm. The card comprises a pap... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4435912 | Card carrying microfilm and associated reading lens A card of size suitable for convenient carrying by a person, for example, in a billfold or wallet, the card having an information portion upon which information appears that can be read in the normal manner, a portion carrying microfilm upon which informa... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4361974 | Universal dental radiographic film holder Dental radiographic film holder in one embodiment comprising two sheets with aligned openings and detachable portions adjacent the openings, to be detached to form larger openings for larger films. The openings in the back sheet include widened edge porti... | 12/07/1982 |
