Slide frames and a slide magazine for storing such slide frames
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorJochen Jost
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Abstract
A slide magazine for storing slide frames having an edge portion of a predetermined configuration, includes a housing having a bottom surface which is provided with formations operative for holding slide frames in the housing. The formations are shaped so as to matingly complement the configuration of the edge portion of the slide frames to thereby prevent the latter from falling out of the housing. The distance between two adjacent formations as considered lengthwise of the bottom surface corresponds to the thickness of the slide frames to be installed on the slide magazine. Thus, an overall length of a set of the slide frames filling the magazine corresponds to the length of the bottom surface so that the slide magazine requires substantially no more space than the set of slide frames in it.
Claims36
A slide frame adapted to be stored in a slide magazine having at least one undercut engaging portion of a predetermined configuration, said slide frame comprising a central portion for receiving a slide;
- and an edge portion circumferentially embracing said central portion and having at least one undercut section matingly complementing that of the undercut engaging portion of the slide magazine so that, when the slide frame is installed on the slide magazine, the slide frame is prevented from falling out of the magazine.
A slide magazine for storing slide frames having an edge portion of a predetermined undercut configuration, said slide magazine comprising an elongated housing having at least two adjoining open longitudinal sides and a bottom surface provided with at least one elongated undercut formation operative for holding a slide frame in the housing when the slide frame is installed in the slide magazine, said undercut formation being shaped so as to matingly complement the configuration of the undercut edge portion of the slide frame to thereby prevent the latter from falling out of the housing.
A slide magazine for storing slide frames, comprising an elongated support having an upper surface provided with a plurality of undercut formations extending transversely of the elongation of said support and each operative for holding a respective slide frame when the latter is installed in the slide magazine, the distance between two successive ajacent undercut formations as considered lengthwise of said support corresponding substantially to the thickness of slide frames to be installed in the slide magazine so that, when all said formations receive respective slide frames, the thus received slide frames form together a set of slide frames having an overall length corresponding substantially to the length of said support so that the slide magazine requires substantially no more space than the set of slide frames in it.
A slide magazine for storing slide frames having an edge portion of a predetermined undercut configuration, said slide magazine comprising an elongated housing having a plurality of longitudinal sides at least one of which is open and at least one other of which has an inwardly directed surface provided with at least one elongated undercut formation operative for holding a slide frame in the housing when the slide frame is installed in the slide magazine through said at least one open side, said undercut formation being shaped so as to matingly complement the configuration of the undercut edge portion of the slide frame to thereby prevent the latter from falling out of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.