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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:
Aug. 14, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 31, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven R Lippold, Oakfield, NY (US);
Matthew M Branca, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271-81 ; 271145 ; 378173 ;
Abstract
A lighttight box, for automatically delivering a photosensitive sheet of photographic film to an exposure station, includes a lid movable between a first lighttight position and a second box-opening posiiton. A clamshell film-carrying mechanism, connected to the lid, is mounted for movement (1) from a closed position internal to the box when the lid is in its lighttight position, to (2) an open film-delivery position external to the box when the lid is in its box-opening position.