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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Bernd Philipps, Untergruppenbach, DE;
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a film deck (,) for feeding and returning developed photographic films of various types from an insertion station (,) to a processing station (BA) of a mini-lab (ML); with the film deck being intended in particular for APS films and 35 mm films. A rapid and reliable adjustment of the film deck to the various film types to be processed is achieved by providing a first carrier plate (,) with means for film insertion (,) film guidance (,), film transport (,) and film-specific processing (,) of the various film types, and a second carrier plate (,) with means (,) for active film drive of the various film types for transporting them from the insertion device (,) to the processing station (BA), and means (,) for connecting and detaching the first carrier plate (,) to/from the second carrier plate (,).