Eastman-Kodak Company

Michael R Flynn

John C Boutet

Michael B Brandt

Jeffrey J Yaskow

Thomas D Baker

Wayne J Arseneault

Apparatus for collecting and detecting radiation emitted by, reflected from, or transmitted through a scanned information medium. The apparatus includes a photodetector assembly and first and second planar mirror assemblies configured to maximize collection efficiency and flare radiation attenuation. The first and second planar mirror assemblies include specularly reflective mirrors including an acrylic substrate having a reflective aluminum coating vacuum deposited on the acrylic substrate.

Light collector having optically coated acrylic substrate

Apparatus for receiving and reading a cassette of light-sensitive material, wherein the cassette is a) of varying width and b) free of a pallet used to fit a standard maximum width slot. To prevent light-leaks created when a cassette of a width less than the maximum is used, shutters equal to one less than the number of cassette widths to be used, are hinged to one of the upper and lower jaws used to clamp the cassette in the light-tight chamber of the reading apparatus.

Shuttered cassette slot for a reader

An apparatus for clamping a cassette containing a photosensitive element. The apparatus includes a frame and a stop bar movably mounted to the frame for movement between an operative position and a non operative position. The stop bar has a registration surface for registering the forward end of cassette. A first jaw member is secured to the frame and has a second registration surface for engagement with a first side of the cassette. A second movable jaw member is provided movable between a clamping position and a non clamping position. The second jaw member having a clamping surface for engaging a second side of the cassette opposite the first side of the cassette so as to clamp the cassette between the first and second jaw members when the second jaw member is in the clamping position. A mechanism is provided for moving the second jaw member between the clamping and non clamping positions. Sensors are also provided for sensing if the cassette is properly positioned within the clamping mechanism and position of the stop bar.

Cassette clamping mechanism

A symmetrically flexible separator device is placed immediately after and removed, by a pair of pads, from the nip between the fuser roller and the pressure roller in order to intercept the leading edge of an image-bearing receiver and thus reduce the risk that the latter would remain stuck to the surface of either the fuser roller or the pressure roller.

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Rochester, NY, United States of America

Michael R Flynn