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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:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel A Slater, Rochester, NY (US);
Raymond P Chapman, Fairport, NY (US);
Jayson J Nelson, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 22 ; 355 91 ; 356373 ; 356401 ; 359463 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for stretching and aligning film sheets to a lenticular substrate comprising supporting members for the film sheet, two actuator assemblies positioned on opposite sides of a film sheet with a rigid bar member connecting the actuator means, 'flexible' clamping members to engage the edges of the film sheet, a constraint member for the film sheet and lenticular substrate and detection means to detect errors in positioning of the film sheet image (substrate) and lenticular substrate.