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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. 19, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Carl W Roy, Spencerport, NY (US);
John A Schempp, Jr, Fairport, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Apparatus is disclosed for placing a contact print slide (134) in a photographic printer (10) having a platen (54) for supporting a photographic paper (32) during exposure of an image (88, 90) onto the paper at a paper print gate (36) at the platen. The apparatus may include a carrier (236, 238, 250) for holding a contact print slide; a first mechanism (100-182) for receiving a contact print slide and for moving a contact print slide into a first position for engagement with and removal by the carrier; a second mechanism (56-72, 192-206) for moving the carrier toward the first position to engage the carrier with a contact print slide received by the first mechanism and for moving the carrier away from the first position to remove a contact print slide from the first mechanism; and a third mechanism (208-248) for moving the carrier toward a photographic paper supported by the platen, in order to place a contact print slide engaged with the carrier into contact with a photographic paper supported by the platen at the print gate.