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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. 26, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenji Todoki, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354319 ; 354321 ; 354339 ;
Abstract
A leader stocker is located at a discharge end of a leader carrier path in an automatic film developing machine for storing leaders with films coupled thereto. The leader stocker is a case that has a bottom opening for receiving leaders therethrough. A plurality of pairs of vertically extending leader supports are provided in the case. Each pair is provided for receiving a leader in the case. A detent is located at a lower end of each vertically extending leader support in order to allow leaders that are inserted into the case to move upwardly along the leader supports and then to prevent the leaders from moving downwardly in the case.