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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:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen P North, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358474 ; 358475 ; 358487 ; 355 71 ; 359227 ; 359234 ;
Abstract
A low cost, compact light shutter apparatus for a photographic film scanner in which an elongate light shutter mechanism has a curvilinear surface nested in a mating, curvilinear recess formed in an opaque plate. The shutter mechanism preferably is comprised of an elongated blade of sufficient length and width to cover a light transmitting slot in the plate when the blade is in a light blocking position. The blade is attached to a rotary solenoid for movement between light blocking and light transmitting positions.