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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:
May. 02, 1978
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
AGFA-Gevaert, A.G., Leverkusen, DT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
225-1 ; 225-2 ; 225 93 ; 225 965 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for opening substantially rigid synthetic plastic film cassettes of the type having a pay-out section and a film take-up section which are connected by a film-guiding web section of U-shaped cross-section, has first instrumentalities which engage and immovably hold the take-up section, and second instrumentalities which exert upon the pay-out and/or web sections a force sufficient to displace these sections relative to the take-up section to an extent adequate to cause the cassette to crack open.