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US 5,018,895 AGranted
Film stacker clip
OwnerJoseph A. Meier, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A film stacker clip arrangement (10) for a stack (100) of sheets of film (101) or flats having aligned apertures (102) wherein the arrangement (10) includes a plurality of clip units (11) having a male member (15) and a female member (12) connected by a flexible strap element (21) so as to captively engage the stack (100) of film along at least one edge.
Claims3
A film stacker clip arrangement in combination with a stack of individual sheets of film having a plurality of aligned apertures of predetermined diameter formed along at least one side of the sheets of film;
- wherein, the clip arrangement consists of:
- a plurality of clip units wherein each of the clip units comprises a male cylindrical member and female cylindrical member operatively connected by an intermediate connector member;
- wherein, the female member is dimensioned to be received in one of the said plurality of aligned apertures in the stack of film in a snugly fitting manner such that the individual sheets of film will be restrained from relative lateral movement with respect top one another;
- wherein, the female cylindrical member comprises:
- a generally enlarged flat circular female base element;
- and an enlarged diameter elongated hollow female cylindrical element dimensioned to provide for a snug fit within said aligned apertures;
- and the male cylindrical member comprises:
- a generally enlarged flat circular male base element;
- and a reduced diameter elongated cylindrical male element;
- and, wherein the intermediate connector member comprises an elongated generally flat flexible strap element connected on opposite ends to and having a width substantially smaller than the generally enlarged flat circular male and female base elements.
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