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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:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gary E. Merz, Rochester, NY (US);
Edward B. Richter, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey Vanhall, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven P. Vogel, Rochester, NY (US);
Garry L. Wohlschlegel, Hemlock, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/726 ; B23P 1/904 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/726 ; B23P 1/904 ;
Abstract
An assembly technique has been developed which reliably inserts the outer disk of an exposed film indicator into the crimp diameter of the cartridge end cap. This process gimbals the fixture containing the film cartridge, and rocks it in a manner that creates a circular wobble motion.