# US 5,708,894 A · Sheet film pack

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- Number: US 5,708,894 A
- Document ID: US5708894A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/751,322
- Filed: 1996-11-18
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1995-11-27
- Assignees: Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Taro Okutsu; Yoshio Hara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5708894A

## CPC

- G03B 17/26: Holders for containing light sensitive material and adapted to be inserted within the camera (holders for X-ray films G03B42/04)
- G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D)

## Abstract

A sheet film pack has a pack housing for receiving a plurality of sheet film units in a stack, and a sliding lid for closing an opening of the pack housing, through which a topmost sheet film unit of the stack is moved to an exposure position outside the sheet film pack. The sliding lid has a grip that extends beyond the pack housing in the closed position to close the opening. The sliding lid also has a protuberance that protrudes from an inside surface in the vicinity of the grip. The protuberance is engaged with an edge of the pack housing when the sliding lid is in the closed position, to ensure light-tight contact of the lid with the pack housing even when a large load is applied to the grip.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A sheet film pack comprising:
a pack housing for receiving a plurality of sheet film units in a stack therein;
an opening formed through one side of said pack housing to allow a topmost one of said stack of sheet film units to move to an exposure position out of said pack housing;
a lid slidable on said one side of said pack housing between a closed position to close said opening in a light-tight fashion and an open position to fully open said opening;
a grip integrally formed in a leading end of said lid with respect to a sliding direction toward the open position, said grip extending beyond a leading end of said pack housing in the sliding direction when said lid is in the closed position; and
at least a protuberance protruding from an inside surface of said lid in proximity to a middle portion of said grip, said protuberance being brought into engagement with an edge formed in said leading end of said pack housing when said lid moves in said closed position, to ensure light-tight contact of said lid with said pack housing.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The sheet film pack according to claim 1, further comprising a fastening member disposed at a trailing end of said pack housing with respect to the sliding direction toward the open position, said fastening member fastening said lid to said pack housing in the closed position.

### Claim 3

A sheet film pack comprising:
a pack housing for receiving a plurality of sheet film units in a stack therein;
an opening formed through one side of said pack housing to allow a topmost one of said stack of sheet film units to move to an exposure position out of said pack housing;
a lid slidable on said one side of said pack housing between a closed position to close said opening in a light-tight fashion and an open position to fully open said housing;
a grip integrally formed in a leading end of said lid with respect to a sliding direction toward the open position, said grip extending beyond a leading end of said pack housing in the sliding direction when said lid is in the closed position; and
at least a protuberance protruding from an inside surface of said lid in proximity to a middle portion of said grip, said protuberance being brought into engagement with an edge formed in said leading end of said pack housing when said lid moves in said closed position, to ensure light-tight contact of said lid with said pack housing;
wherein said protuberance has a groove whose sectional profile is complementary to a sectional profile of said edge.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The sheet film pack according to claim 3, further comprising a fastening member disposed at a trailing end of said pack housing with respect to the sliding direction toward the open position, said fastening member fastening said lid to said pack housing in the closed position.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The sheet film pack according to claim 3, wherein said edge is tapered inside of said pack housing to be a wedge-shape.