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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
May. 09, 2002
Yet Chan, Kowloon, HK;
Ever Perfect Holdings, Ltd., , HK;
Abstract
A method of loading a film assembly comprising a first film container ( ) which may be a conventional film cassette and an additional film container ( ) having a length of film wound in one of the containers and extending to the other, comprises the steps of: (a) providing a coiled length of film which may be a bulk roll ( ) and attaching a free end to a film winding tool ( ); (b) rotating the film winding tool ( ) to wind the film into a coil about the tool ( ); (c) before or after step (b), enclosing the coil in the additional film container ( ) so that the film extends through a film slot thereof, and removing the film winding tool ( ). The invention also resides in a film container for use in the method, and in an assembly so formed.