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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1992
Wayne J Arsenault, Churchville, NY (US);
John C Boutet, Rochester, NY (US);
Darryl D DeWolff, Rochester, NY (US);
James D Lattimore, Safety Harbor, FL (US);
Gary W Shope, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey J Yaskow, Williamson, NY (US);
Thomas D Baker, Livonia, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
In an apparatus for storing and automatically delivering cassettes and/or pallets containing cassettes to a reader. The apparatus includes a plurality of cassette retaining sites. A door assembly is provided adjacent the portal for allowing access to the plurality of cassette retaining sites. The door assembly has at least one panel slideably mounted to the apparatus for movement between a closed position and an open position. Sensors are provided for determining if a foreign object is in the closure path of the at least one panel.