Microform editors
OwnerHarry Arthur Hele Spence-Bateinventor
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Abstract
Copying apparatus for copying a selected frame from one of a plurality of rolls of microfilm, contained in the apparatus, onto a selected position on a microfiche; the rolls of microfilm are carried on an X and Y axis moveable carriage which is moveable in relation to a camera lens, and the microfiche is also moveable in the X and Y axis relative to the lens; detectors may be provided on the carriage for detecting the position of the selected frame of microfilm and electrical means are provided to hold the selected film in the lens axis for transfer to the microfiche; suitable programming can select a sequence of microfilm images to be recorded in a set sequence on the microfiche.
Claims5
A microform copying apparatus comprising a housing, a camera lens, a first carriage moveable in an X and Y direction in relation to the camera lens, means for holding a plurality of rolls of microfilm on said carriage, means for moving said microfilm past windows defined by apertures in said carriage, microfiche holding means moveable in an X and Y direction in relation to the camera lens, illumination means associated with said carriage for projecting an image from a selected said roll of film onto a microfiche held on said microfiche holding means, whereby images from the microfilm transfer to the microfiche.
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