Film holder
AssigneePENTAX Corporation
InventorYuichi Kurosawa
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Abstract
A film holder comprises a base member and a film pressing member, between which a film is sandwiched. The film is placed on the base member. The film pressing member has a spring portion and a contact portion. When the film pressing member is closed while a film is on the base member, the contact portion comes into contact with a surface of the film and the spring portion is elastically deformed, causing the film to be tensioned outward and to change from a curved condition to a flat condition. Thus, the film is sandwiched between the base member and the film pressing member in a flat condition, so that an image developed on the film can be sensed or read with high accuracy.
Claims6
A film holder for holding a film on which an image is developed, so that said image is read by an imaging device, said film holder comprising:
- a base member on which said film is placed;
- a film pressing member that operates with said base member to sandwich said film;
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- elastic members that come into contact with said film, sandwiched by said base member and said film pressing member, to tension said film outward.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.