Agfa-Gevaert Ag

Willy Engels

Wolfgang Viehrig

An arrangement for transferring photosensitive materials from cassettes of different types and configurations into the interior of a handling machine, such as a developing machine, includes an external wall of the machine which is provided with an input slot, and a plurality of support members which are interchangeably mountable, in a light-sealing manner, at a region of the external wall which surrounds the input slot. Each of the support members is provided with a through opening which registers with the input slot in the mounted position of the respective support member. Each of the support members has a receiving side which is configurated compatibly with a portion of a cassette of a certain type so that the latter portion can be introduced into the receiving side of its associated support member and establish a light-sealing contact therewith. Holding members may be provided on the support member which cooperate with compatible portions of the cassette to hold the latter on the support member. The external wall may carry mounting members, at least one of which may be movable or pivotable, which mount the support member on the external wall. A detecting pin adapted to operate an activating microswitch is displaceably mounted on the external wall and passes through a passage of the support member into engagement with the respective cassette.

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Leverkusen, Germany

Willy Engels