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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 14, 1994
Stephen M Reinke, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas P Melanson, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A film spool comprises a rigid spool core having a slot, first and second resilient flexures located inside the slot for flexing away from each other in response to axial compression at opposite ends of the flexures to permit a film end to be inserted between or removed from the flexures and being biased to return toward each other when the compression is removed, a film engagement protrusion projecting from the first flexure to between the first and second flexures to engage a film end to secure the film end to the spool core when the flexures are returned toward each other, and a film stripper protrusion projecting from the second flexure to between the first and second flexures to disengage a film end from the film engagement protrusion when the flexures are flexed away from each other.