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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6201594 | Image recording apparatus and application device thereof An image recording apparatus which effects digital exposure while aiming for compactness. An exposure unit digitally exposes a photosensitive material successively while moving above a stage. An application unit moves from the rear side of the exposure un... | 03/13/2001 |
| 5802402 | Camera back including improved film assemblage A film cassette may be used for housing film units of the self-developing type, each having a photosensitive area, a pod of processing fluid, and a leading edge. The film cassette may be used in a film assemblage, camera back, or imaging device having eit... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5721966 | Instant photography camera and film cassette An instant photography camera can contain a combination of improved features including cleaning pads for continuous cleaning of spread rollers throughout the life of the camera, a flexible non-coiled film shade for preventing light piping along a film uni... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5639302 | Apparatus and system for cleaning pressure applying members There are provided a method, system, and apparatus for automatically cleaning a spread roller system for use in a photographic apparatus of the self-developing type. A cleaning apparatus includes a pod of cleaning fluid rupturable as it passes through a n... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5041853 | Combination camera and film developing apparatus A method and apparatus that exposes any desired length of film, develops it, and makes it available for use while allowing for continued exposure of further film sections is disclosed. These sections of exposed film are delivered to a processing portion o... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4903057 | Apparatus for producing photograph A photograph-producing apparatus used for rapidly obtaining a portrait photograph of a person for such purposes as pasting on a certification. When a heat development photosensitive material is sent from a receiving portion to a photographic exposure port... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4779110 | Wet film cassette and transport system A wet film cassette and transport system for photographic diffusion transfer films having initially separate wet and dry film components. At least the wet component is contained in a tightly sealed enclosure defined by a cassette having inner and outer, r... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4695143 | Instant photographic apparatus An instant photographic apparatus uses a photosensitive member, an image-receiving member, and an aqueous alkaline processing liquid separately accommodated within the housing thereof. The photosensitive and image-receiving members are, after the former h... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4630912 | Wet processing web camera and method A method and apparatus for handling photographic film systems in which a liquid processing agent is carried by one of two film components which, after exposure, are processed by bringing the two components into face-to-face contact. The apparatus features... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4568163 | Camera back Apparatus, e.g., a camera back, for locating a film cassette containing a plurality of individual, pre-mounted transparency film frames of the self-developing type in position for exposure. The apparatus includes a lighttight chamber into which the film f... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4536081 | Data copy system A method and apparatus for photographically copying a light radiating image without the aid of an optical system by placing a photosensitive media directly on the image.... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4435062 | Film processing apparatus A film processing apparatus is provided for wetting an outer surface of a film unit with a low viscosity processing liquid supplied from a liquid applicator pad enclosed in a pouch-like container forming part of a multi-container liquid applicator packagi... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4429037 | Self-processing film unit with liquid applicator A self-processing film unit, including a sheet-like photosensitive film component, is provided with a liquid applicator holding a supply of a low viscosity procesing liquid that is to be applied to a given area of an outer surface of the film component, f... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4401381 | Processing apparatus for self-processing film unit with a folded applicator A processing apparatus is provided for use with a self-processing film unit of the type including a photosensitive sheet-like film component and a folded and releasably sealed processing liquid applicator secured thereto. The apparatus includes a support ... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4314744 | Multipurpose film handling cassette having preliminary assembly condition A multipurpose photographic film handling cassette is provided with a modular fluid processor assembly which is adapted to be initially supported, during cassette assembly, within the cassette housing in a preliminary assembly position wherein it is space... | 02/09/1982 |
| 4283134 | Film pack An opaque casing houses a plurality of instant photographic film units each of which has spaced apart photosensitive and cover sheets and an access hole for introduction of processing fluid into the volume between the sheets. The casing has a container of... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4244640 | Film cassette having friction pad pull strip stress reliever An arrangement is provided for reducing the force imparted at the junction between the pull strip and the film strip in a multipurpose film cassette wherein the pull strip is employed to remove a tear tab closure initially sealing a supply of processing f... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4212528 | Photographic film cassette having pressure pad and nozzle arrangement Method and apparatus for reducing frictional drag on a strip of photographic film moving in a film cassette between a pressure pad and a fluid processor nozzle, and for more effectively controlling the processing fluid thickness on the moving film. Formed... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4198152 | Method and apparatus for eliminating undesirable blemishes in coating of processing fluid Method and apparatus for avoiding undesirable wakes or blemishes in a coating of processing fluid deposited on a moving run of an exposed film strip. Such apparatus includes a doctoring surface which traverses the film strip at an oblique angle to the dir... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4188098 | Photographic film cassette having bowed spring with device preventing overstressing of spring A photographic film cassette having a bowed spring yieldably biasing a pressure pad for supporting a film strip so that the latter is held in sliding engagement with a fluid processor nozzle. Spring support members formed on the cassette housing wall supp... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4162834 | Processing apparatus for large format cameras Processing apparatus for large format, instant cameras in which a metered supply of processing fluid, deposited as a puddle in a crease between negative and positive photographic sheets as they are fed from separate supply rolls to the nip of a pressure r... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4119990 | Fluid applicator doctor blade A doctoring surface conformation for applicator nozzle structures in photographic film cassette contained processors by which a coating of processing fluid may be deposited on a moving run of an exposed film strip. The doctoring surface conformation is co... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4106042 | Multipurpose film cassette having a processor disabling valve retention arrangement Apparatus is provided for retaining a slideably displaceable valve member in its initial position prior to displacement of the valve to a final position responsive to film movement in a multipurpose film cassette of the type containing a film strip for ex... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4084171 | Photographic cassette having pressure plate release of a processor disabling valve Apparatus is provided for positively retaining a slidably displaceable valve member in its stored position prior to initiation of the processing cycle in a multi-purpose film cassette of the type containing a photographic film strip for exposure, processi... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4080614 | Photographic cassette having pressure plate release of a processor disabling valve Apparatus is provided for positively retaining a slidably displaceable valve member in its stored position prior to initiation of the processing cycle in a multi-purpose film cassette of the type containing a photographic film strip for exposure, processi... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4080615 | Photographic processing fluid applicator A processing fluid receptacle of a photographic processing fluid applicator for use in a photographic film cassette capable of processing latent images on exposed film without requiring removal of the film from the cassette. The receptacle has an aperture... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4013360 | Information storage system Document images recorded upon microfilm using a first film transport are moved to a position to have an image thereof recorded upon a film carried by a second film transport thereby permitting the recording to be applied to the second film in accordance w... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4011570 | Photographic camera A photographic camera for printing two different kinds of data upon one sole image carrier comprises a pre-exposure station in which a mask is printed upon the image carrier. After such pre-exposure the image carrier is moved into the focal plane of two o... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4003064 | Multi-purpose film cassette processor having slideable nozzle plate A processor for multi-purpose film cassettes of the type containing photographic film during exposure, processing and projection, the processor having a nozzle plate slideable from an initial processing position in which a nozzle opening therein is aligne... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3953872 | Novel photographic film assemblies A photographic film assembly which comprises a cassette; a supply of photographic film disposed within the cassette; a battery positioned within the cassette which includes one or more cells containing an aqueous electrolyte possessing an ionizable ammoni... | 04/27/1976 |
