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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald B Coon, Chesterland, OH (US);
Timothy M Katanik, College Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
Western Reserve Electronics, Inc., Twinsburg, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G11B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242195 ; 242197 ; 352 / ; 352235 ; 352237 ;
Abstract
The disclosure relates to an improved means for assuring the proper alignment of the leader on the end of a film strip for a roll of film disposed in a cartridge, whereby, when the cartridge is placed in a viewing or reproducing machine, the end of the strip will be properly picked up and threaded into the machine, wherein the strip has a friction portion that engages with the exit or entrance throat of the cartridge and an indicator on the strip to show when the film is pulled out to the proper position for threading into a machine.