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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. 11, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles W Pierson, Rochester, NY (US);
Frederick F Tone, Holley, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 74 ;
Abstract
A film magazine is disclosed which comprises a light-tight casing and a spool rotatable therein. A leader has one end attached to the spool and extends outside the casing for splicing to light-sensitive film. The splice is retracted into the casing during spooling operations, and means are provided to prevent the splice between the film and the leader from being pulled from the magazine.