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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1995
Noritsu Koki Co., Ltd., Wakayama-ken, JP;
Abstract
A film cartridge storage apparatus for storing a plurality of film cartridges 20 stacked one on another. The stored film cartridges 20 are extracted from the apparatus one after another from the lowermost cartridge in association with a pivotal member 83 of an individual feed mechanism 80; 18; 280 having a first arm portion 83a and a second arm portion 83b. The first arm portion 83a of the pivotal member 83 pivots between a first area and a second area to hold the lowermost film cartridge in the first area and also to feed the lowermost film cartridge in the second area. The second arm portion 83b of the pivotal member allows a film cartridge to fall toward the first arm portion in the first area and also prevents a film cartridge from falling toward the first arm portion in the second area. An elastic escape means 90; 190; 290 is provided for avoiding mutual interference between a film cartridge contacting the second arm portion and a pivotal locus of the second arm portion in the course of the pivotal movement of the second arm portion from the first area to the second area.