Negative film carrier device
AssigneeCopal Company Limited
InventorsKatsuhiko Okabe, Toshihiko Watanabe
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Abstract
A negative film carrier device comprising a negative film carrier provided with an inherent signal part corresponding to the size of a negative film to be carried and a negative film carrier supporting base provided with a negative film size senser switch which can be operated by the signal part when the negative film carrier is mounted, in order to prevent the misoperation in the case of changing the size of the negative film and to facilitate the automation of the printer.
Claims3
A negative film carrier device comprising a negative film holder plate capable of holding a negative film and having an inherent signal part corresponding to the size of the negative film or the like, a negative film mask supported movably with respect to said negative film holder plate and having a negative film presser capable of pressing said negative film onto said negative film holder plate to form a negative film carrier unit, a negative film carrier supporting base capable of supporting said negative film holder plate and having a negative film size senser switch engageable with said signal part when said negative film holder plate is mounted on said negative film carrier supporting base, and a connecting means fixing said negative film holder plate on said negative film carrier supporting base when said negative film holder plate is mounted on said negative film carrier supporting base, said negative film size senser switch being selectively operated in response to the shape of said signal part to issue an inherent signal corresponding to the size of the negative film set in said negative film carrier unit when said negative film carrier unit is fixed on said negative film carrier supporting base by said connecting means.
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