Polaroid Corporation

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Rockwell Automation Technologies Incorporated

John J Driscoll

Richard R Wareham

Nicholas Gold

Philip R Norris

Dennis C Mackey

Thomas A Svatek

Barbara Janina Byczkiewicz

William W Alston, Jr

An electrical connector, electrical connection assembly implementing at least one such electrical connector, and method of making such an electrical connector are disclosed. The method includes attaching a wire to a conductive component that includes at least one of a pin and a socket, positioning the conductive component into a supporting structure, and positioning a retaining component in relation to the supporting structure, where the retaining component serves to substantially prevent relative movement of the conductive component relative to the supporting structure. The method further includes overmolding at least portions of the supporting structure and the wire.

Connector assembly and method of making same

A film pack for small format, self-processing film sheet assemblies and by which such film sheet assemblies may be exposed and processed by instant camera designed for larger format, standard film sheets. The small format film pack has the same exterior dimension as the standard film pack but positions the small format sheet properly for exposure in the camera. Movement of a camera carried film pick is transmitted to the reduced format film sheets by a pick relay which may include a mechanism for amplifying the distance of camera pick movement. A mask is provided for the camera viewfinder to correlate the size of a subject image to that of the reduced image format of the film sheets.

Film pack for small format film sheets

An accessory for use in an instant camera designed for standard film packs and by which the same camera can be used to expose and process self-processing film sheet assemblies of reduced image format size prepackaged in corresponding sized film packs. The accessory is in the nature of a U-shaped housing having exterior planar dimensions to complement the interior planar dimensions of a well in the camera for receiving a standard film pack. The U-shaped configuration of the housing defines a recess to receive and position the modified film pack of reduced size. The accessory carries movement transmitting relays by which actuation of a camera mounted switch is energized by insertion of the modified film pack and by which movement of a camera carried pick is transmitted to an accessory pick for initial ejecting movement of an exposed film sheet from the modified pack. The accessory pick is actuated preferably by a camera pick movement amplifier to accommodate the reduced exterior dimensions of the reduced format film sheet. Also, a viewfinder mask is provided as an adjunct to the accessory so that a viewed image will be collated with the reduced image format of film sheets in the modified film pack.

Photographic system accessory for small format film sheets

An accessory adapted for selective attachment to a film cassette for photographically recording indicia on a film unit within the cassette. The accessory includes a base plate having an integrated circuit (IC) chip mounted thereon, a light emitting diode (LED) display and pair of spring clips for electrically and structurally interconnecting the base plate and the display in spaced parallel relation. A pair of electrical contacts extend outwardly from the base plate for connecting the IC chip with the terminals of a battery when the accessory is attached to the film cassette. A collimating screen is mounted on the surface of the LED display facing the base plate such that when the accessory is attached to the cassette the base plate is in engagement with the rear wall of the cassette and the collimating screen extends into an exposure aperture in the cassette'forward wall and into engagement with an opaque cover sheet located within the cassette. Subsequent to the loading of the cassette into a camera, the cover sheet is removed from the cassette and the first of a plurality of film units is urged into its exposure position with a small corner portion of its exposure surface in engagement with the collimating screen. When the IC detects an electrical load on the cassette's battery, it momentarily directs a flow of current from the cassette's battery to the LED display thereby illuminating the display so as to photographically record the indicia on the film unit being exposed. In a preferred embodiment, the indicia represents the date of the exposure and therefore the accessory includes its own battery for driving the display's timing circuit. Alternatively, the indicia represents the aperture setting and/or the speed of the camera's shutter.

Exposure identification accessory

A self-developing camera for exposing, processing, viewing and storing self-developing film units, preferably of the small format transparency type. The camera includes a storage chamber for receiving a supply cassette holding a stack of film units therein, an exposure station, a processing or pressure applying station, and a storage chamber for receiving a storage cassette in which the film units are stored after exposure and the application of a compressive pressure thereto. A movably mounted film viewer on the camera is operative to move a processed film unit out of the storage cassette for viewing and back into the storage cassette for storage without the user of the camera having to manually handle or manipulate the film unit.

Self-developing camera and viewer

A slide viewer/copier operable in a viewing mode for projecting an image of a slide transparency film unit onto a viewing screen for viewing and a copy mode for projecting an image of the slide onto self-developing film unit for exposure and for processing the film unit to produce a photographic copy of the slide.

Slide viewer and photographic copier

Electrode holder

A holder for a consumable electrode used to cut metal by means of an electric arc is disclosed. The holder has an elongated barrel for containing the electrode and a pistol grip depending from the barrel for supplying electrical energy to the electrode. The exposed length of the electrode can be adjusted by a ram which slides in the barrel behind the electrode and which cooperates with clamping means actuated by a trigger on the pistol grip to secure the electrode at any adjusted length. Compressed air and electrical energy are supplied to the base of the pistol grip and are respectively communicated to a nozzle at the front end of the barrel and to the electrode. The nozzle is mounted for rotation relative to the electrode and has orifices for ejecting the air along any desired side of the electrode. Manifold means in the nozzle insures a continuous supply of compressed air to the orifices irrespective of the angular position of the nozzle. A metallic heat shield protects the nozzle from radiation, and a shield depends from the barrel in front of the pistol grip to protect a workman's fingers from excessive radiation. The inside of the head is designed to maximize the flow of compressed air through the orifices.

A photographic film assemblage including a container, a plurality of self-developing film units within the container which are adapted to be sequentially exposed and treated with a liquid processing composition, and members associated with the container so as to form an integral part of the assemblage for controlling the distribution of the liquid processing composition during treatment of a film unit. A photographic apparatus with which the film assemblage is adapted to be used includes structure for locating the distribution control members in operative association with a film unit located in position for exposure and subsequent treatment with the liquid processing composition.

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Andover, MA, United States of America

John J Driscoll