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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
May. 11, 1995
Friedrich Ueffinger, Schorndorf, DE;
Kurt Blank, Ebersbach/Fils, DE;
Gerd Hoitz, Unterensingen, DE;
Alfred Trumpp, Stuttgart, DE;
Ernst Neitzel, Stuttgart, DE;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A film transport apparatus (3) for sheet film is provided on the rear side of a cassette loading/unloading unit and a processing unit (2) positioned next to the latter. Film transport apparatus (3) comprises a transport table which can be moved back and forth on a horizontal plane and which transports a sheet film ejected through output opening (1b) of said loading/unloading unit into an input opening (2b) of processing unit (2). Transport table (8) is guided in vertical direction in such a manner (14) that its end (17, 20) facing input and output openings (1b; 2b), respectively, can be raised and lowered into the transport plane of said input and output openings (1b; 2b). A guideway (14) controlling the vertical movement of said transport table can be adjusted selectively into different positions of inclination and/or height in order to be able to adapt the transport plane of transport table (8) to vertical height differences between output opening (1b) and input opening (2b). An adapter (4) interposed between housing (7) of film transport apparatus (3) and processing unit (2) bridges different unit depths of adjacently arranged units (1 and 2). Furthermore, film transport apparatus (3) can be connected with an input device (52) which permits the insertion of large-format sheet film in particular on the darkroom side.