Polaroid Corporation

Donald J Sulesky

Frank M Czumak

Joseph H Wright

Apparatus including a unitary resilient member for ejecting or moving a film frame from a container which houses a plurality of the same. The unitary resilient member is adapted to receive a force from a suitable drive for flexing the unitary resilient member from a first configuration, wherein it is in a relatively unstressed condition, to a second configuration, wherein it is in a stressed condition. During such flexure it moves a film frame at least partially from the container.

Photographic film frame ejector

Apparatus for processing photographically exposed premounted transparency frames so as to produce visible images in the frames. The apparatus includes a laminating station at which a section of sheet material having a coating of processing liquid thereon is laminated to an exposed premounted transparency frame of the self-developing type. The sheet material including the resulting laminate is then advanced toward a stripping station where, after the image has been developed, the coated section of the sheet material is stripped from the frame as the latter is simultaneously directed to a station whereat it may be recovered by the operator of the apparatus. The apparatus also provides for rewinding uncoated sheet material upon a supply reel after each processing operation thus minimizing the amount of sheet material used in the processing of the premounted transparency frames.

Film processor for premounted transparency frames

Apparatus for processing individual rolls of self-developing type transparency film. The apparatus is constructed to receive a disposable film processing kit of the type including a two section housing which encloses a roller having a length of sheet material wound thereon, a rupturable container of processing liquid and a dispenser which is adapted to receive the processing liquid from the container and apply it as a coating to one side of the sheet material prior to superposing it with the film. The apparatus includes a manually operable lever which is directly connected to an arm for moving one of the housing sections to an open position and which is indirectly coupled to a container rupturing mechanism such that the rupturing mechanism is not moved into the kit's housing to rupture the container until the one housing section has been moved toward the open position.

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Arlington, MA, United States of America

Donald J Sulesky