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US 4,832,275 AGranted
Film cassette
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorJeffrey C. Robertson
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AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorJeffrey C. Robertson
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A film cassette is disclosed wherein a film spool is rotatable about an axis within the cassette shell, successive sections of the outermost convolution of a film roll wound on the film spool are automatically advanced to the outside of the cassette shell in response to rotation of the film spool, and a pair of rigid constraining rings radially confine the outermost convolution to prevent the film roll from clock-springing against an interior wall of the cassette shell. The constraining rings are supported along the interior wall for rotation about separate axes inclined with respect to the spool axis to position the rings to partially encircle the outermost convolution, to radially confine the outermost convolution, and to position relatively small opposite corresponding portions of the rings apart a distance greater than the width of the outermost convolution, to allow successive sections of the outermost convolution to exit the radial confinement of the rings when the film spool is rotated.
An improved film cassette wherein (a) a film spool is rotatable about an axis within a cassette shell, (b) successive sections of the outermost convolution of a film roll wound on said film spool are advanced to the outside of said cassette shell in response to rotation of the film spool, and (c) constraining means for radially confining said outermost convolution to prevent said film roll from clock-springing against an interior wall of said cassette shell is rotatable with said film spool to facilitate the advancement of successive sections of the outermost convolution to the outside of the cassette shell, and wherein the improvement comprises:
An improved film cassette wherein (a) a film spool is rotatable about an axis within a cassette shell, (b) successive sections of the outermost convolution of a film roll wound on said film spool are advanced to the outside of said cassette shell in response to rotation of the film spool, and (c) constraining means for radially confining said outermost convolution to prevent said film roll from clock-springing against an interior wall of said cassette shell is rotatable with said film spool to facilitate the advancement of successive sections of the outermost convolution to the outside of the cassette shell, and wherein the improvement comprises:
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