Film feeding apparatus for a film scanner

A film feeding apparatus for a film scanner, said film feeding apparatus comprising:

• a bottom seat including a bottom plate and a lower light-guiding hole formed through said bottom plate;
• a top seat including a top plate disposed above and connected to said bottom plate, an upper light-guiding hole formed through said top plate and aligned with said lower light-guiding hole, a slide slot formed through said top plate and extending along a moving direction, and a feed-in hole formed through said top plate and between said upper light-guiding hole and said slide slot and adapted for receiving at least one film, said slide slot having a proximate end proximate to said feed-in hole, and a distal end distal from said feed-in hole and opposite to said proximate end;
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• a sliding seat including a movable plate disposed movably between said bottom plate and said top plate, and an actuator member extending from said movable plate and through said slide slot in said top seat, said sliding seat being movable between a non-feeding position whereat said actuator member is disposed in said distal end of said slide slot such that said movable plate is misaligned from said feed-in hole in said top plate, and a feeding position whereat said actuator member is disposed in said proximate end of said slide slot such that said movable plate is disposed under said feed-in hole;
• wherein, when said sliding seat is moved from the non-feeding position to the feeding position, the film is pushed and moved into the film scanner to align with said upper and lower light-guiding holes for subsequent scanning operation.