Apparatus for viewing and sorting photographic slide transparencies
OwnerOwen L. Lambinventor
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Abstract
A slide viewer/sorter having a chute oriented at an incline to horizontal which is adapted to receive a photographic slide at one end. The slide drops by force of gravity to a viewing station where it is held by a detent. After viewing the slide the detent is actuated to release the slide which is transported by force of gravity to the lower end of the chute where it drops into a first receptacle. The first receptacle is rotatably mounted so that it can be moved out of the way, thus allowing the slide to drop further down into a second receptacle, having a number of bins. The second receptacle is mounted so that any bin can be positioned under the chute. This allows the operator of the viewer/sorter to sort the slides into two or more different stacks.
Claims27
A slide-handling mechanism comprising:
- a chute oriented at an incline to horizontal adapted to receive a photographic slide, for providing a passage through which said slide may pass from an upper end of the chute to a lower end of the chute by force of gravity;
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- a first slide receptacle positioned at the lower end of said chute for receiving a slide dropping off the end of said chute;
- whereby a slide placed in said chute at the upper end thereof drops by force of gravity to the lower end of said chute where said slide is free to exit said chute and drop into said receptacle.
A slide-handling mechanism comprising:
- a first upper portion for holding slides in a vertical stack, said upper portion having a first opening therein of such size and dimensions as to allow a slide to pass therethrough;
- a second lower portion having a second opening therein of such size and dimensions as to allow a slide to pass therethrough provided that said slide is oriented in the horizontal plane in alignment with said second opening;
- said second lower portion being positioned at an angle, in the horizontal plane, with said first opening in said upper portion, so that a slide passing through said first opening in said upper portion is unable to pass through said second opening in said lower portion without being reoriented;
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- slide carrier means positioned between said upper portion and said lower portion, said carrier means having a third opening therein of such size and dimensions as to allow a slide to pass therethrough, said carrier being movable in the horizontal plane from a first position wherein said third opening in said slide carrier is in alignment with said first opening in said upper portion, to a second position wherein said third opening in said slide carrier is in alignment with said second opening in said lower portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.