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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6155517 | Paper roll drive An intercore for mounting a hollow photographic web roll core and to transmit rotation from an elongated spindle to the core, which spindle has one or more axially extending ramps which slope radially outward in a direction away from a front end. The inte... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5984544 | Paper core locator An elongated intercore for mounting hollow cores of various lengths for rotation. The intercore includes a plurality of stop members spaced along at least part of the length of the intercore, and which are urged resiliently radially outward between retrac... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5970271 | Spool caddy for use with dry optical image processing of roll film A spool caddy for use with an optical dry image processor for processing a photographic roll film housed in a film cartridge includes: a plurality of processing spools, each containing a reagent laden pad for providing a processing step when combined with... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5555067 | Photographic film separating device and separation method A photographic film separation method. A spool has a slit, a first rod-shaped member and a second rod-shaped member. The second rod-shaped member has a lower rigidity than that of the first rod-shaped member so that the second rod-shaped member is flexibl... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5517272 | Apparatus for moving photographic film cartridges between lighted and darkened environments Cartridges (240) are picked up from a conveyor (242) in a lighted environment by a pickup head (90, 92), moved radially through a first opening (156) into a light-lock enclosure (136) by a transfer assembly (26-50; 82-92) which then is rotated by an actua... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5471275 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus A photosensitive material processing apparatus in which, before a photosensitive material is processed, a leading end portion of the photosensitive material is cut by a cutter in a configuration which is suitable for smooth conveying of the photosensitive... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5432582 | Ratcheting, compliant magazine drive coupling An apparatus for coupling which includes first and second shafts, each having an axis. The axes are disposed in generally coaxial relationship. The apparatus includes coupling having first and second members for coupling the first shaft to the second shaf... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5347338 | Method for automated laboratories of developing photographic films and a magazine for storing rolls of film for implementing the method The whole of the technical and commercial data relative to each film is picked up by means of an electronic processing unit and these data are memorized on a data base. The rolls of film are stored in a structured storage member with the position of each ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5311237 | Film container and automatic developing apparatus An automatic developing apparatus which can supply a photographic film without use of a leader. The automatic developing apparatus 100 has an automatic loader 31 in which a plurality of film containers 1 are held in a holder 32, a feed-out control mechani... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5310635 | Photographic camera film containing a high chloride tabular grain emulsion with tabular grain {100} major faces A photographic camera film comprised of at least one radiation sensitive silver halide emulsion layer unit and a film base in a roll satisfying the formula ##EQU1## in which FBT is the thickness of the film base in micrometers (μm). L is the diamete... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5231439 | Photographic film handling method In a photographic film cassette, rotation of a spool in a direction of unwinding a photographic film causes a film leader to advance to an outside of a cassette shell. An exposed film is drawn out of the cassette shell after advancing the film leader for ... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5212512 | Photofinishing system A plurality of exposed photographic films of different types, which are contained in respective different type film cartridges, are developed and wound up individually into wind-up cartridges, on which identification data indicating the type of the photog... | 05/18/1993 |
| 4812867 | Apparatus for processing an exposed photographic film wound on a spool An apparatus for the day light processing of an exposed photographic film wound on a spool including an essentially cylindrical container, a lid to close the container, both made of a material impervious to light, together with a device to rotate the spoo... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4678308 | Processing device An apparatus for the processing of a film contained in a cassette, the cassette being of the kind comprising a substantially cylindrical body formed with protruding light-tight longitudinally extending film exit slot means and having the film wound thereo... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4678307 | Device for processing exposed photographic film coiled on a spool There is described a novel spiral-less film processing device for processing a roll of exposed film coiled on a spool which comprises a cylindrical light-right container of sufficient diameter and height to accommodate the film coiled on the spool, a ligh... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4678309 | Device for processing a role of exposed film coiled on a spool There is described a device for processing a roll of exposed film coiled on a spool which comprises a cylindrical light-tight container wherein the film on the spool is rotated and which is of sufficient diameter and height to accommodate the film loosely... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4664498 | Film-processing apparatus An apparatus for the processing of a film, contained in a cassette being of the kind comprising a substantially cylindrical cassette body formed with a light-tight, longitudinally extending film exit slot device, end caps on said cassette body and a spool... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4586803 | Developing drum Apparatus is described for the processing of a film contained in a cassette. The cassette comprises a substantially cylindrical body formed with a light-tight, longitudinally extending film exit slot, end caps to the body and a spool held between the caps... | 05/06/1986 |
| 4564999 | Film handling mechanism A film handling mechanism for receiving a film and spool ejected from a film cartridge and for forwarding the film to a subsequent film processing station. Film guide members are movable to form an opening having a diameter substantially equal to the insi... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4514070 | Film assemblage including a cannister for housing a film cassette during processing of film A photographic film assemblage including a cannister for housing a film cassette, a film cassette having a film spool rotatably supported therein, and a length of self-developing type film coiled about the spool with one of its ends secured to the spool a... | 04/30/1985 |
| 4448365 | Film developing spool A spool for developing (and optionally drying) strip-shaped film material has a core and two axially spaced end flanges provided with many large cut-outs so as to leave only a few narrow, spoke-like portions of material. A pair of inserts is provided whic... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4344690 | Arrangement for treating photographic bands running in parallel paths An arrangement for treating photographic paper bands which run in parallel paths has at least one treatment station in which the bands are transported with a predetermined speed and treated, winding spools for winding the bands after treating in the treat... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4123770 | Process and apparatus for developing photographs A process and apparatus for developing photographs is provided wherein photographic sensitive material is held in a holding frame. The sensitive material is soaked in a developing solution by positioning the holding frame in a development tank with its up... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4037718 | Film retention device A device for holding film strips and the like in proper position on spiral reels or the like such that the film will be held onto the reel in proper spaced relation to permit the flow of the developer about the film for development thereof. The device inc... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4016585 | Center filling variable volume film drum The present invention is directed to a variable volume film drum with a proportionally variable length conduit path for directing and controlling the flow of fluids introduced into the drum. The center conduit path is comprised of interconnecting conduit ... | 04/05/1977 |
| 4001856 | Photographic processing apparatus A film and print processing apparatus comprises a cylindrical tank and a plurality of cylindrical reels having progressively smaller diameters for coaxial mounting within the tank. A film track is disposed helically, longitudinally or circumferentially ab... | 01/04/1977 |
| 4001857 | Developing device A developing device for developing a film in a film magazine wound on a film spool by rotating the spool is constituted of a developing tank body to receive the film and a developer liquid therein and a handle to rotate the spool. The tank body is provide... | 01/04/1977 |
