Film carrier for microfilm reader

A film carrier for a microfilm reader comprising a base plate, a pair of laterally spaced longitudinally extending guide members located on said base plate and having rearwardly diverging inner rear faces having formed along their bottom borders longitudinal grooves extending along the lengths of said inner rear faces and a transparent cover plate supported proximate the front borders of said base plate and cover plate for swinging about a lateral axis between a closed position overlying said base plate between said guide members and an open position above said base plate.

A carrier device for a microfilm reader comprising:

• a base plate for receiving thereon a microfilm for movement in a planewise direction;
• a pair of guide members fixed on both sides of the base plate and each having a slant notch and a groove running diagonally inwardly in the direction of the microfilm insertion, said groove running parallel with said slant notch and formed along the bottom of said slant notch, said guide members controlling the sidewise position of the microfilm on the base plate upon insertion of the microfilm fed to said base plate.