Film cassette having memory module, photographic device, and method for registering memory module
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorDaniel M. Pagano
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Abstract
A photographic device includes a film cassette that has a shell having a film space and a module slot external to the film space. The filmstrip coiled within said film space. A memory module is loosely retained in the module slot. The photographic device has a terminal block that orients and holds the memory module when the film cassette is loaded.
Claims28
A film cassette comprising:
- a shell having a light-tight film space and a module slot external to said film space;
- a filmstrip coiled within said film space;
- a memory module disposed in said module slot, said memory module being both retained within said module slot and movable within said module slot.
A photographic device for use with a photographic film cassette having a retained, movable memory module with a locator, said photographic device comprising:
- a body having a cassette station, said cassette station defining a site for said locator;
- a film transport disposed in operative relation to said cassette station;
- a terminal block disposed in said cassette station, said terminal block being biased toward said locator site, said terminal block including a plurality of leads and a non-conductive cam unit having at least one cam surface, said cam unit being aligned with said locating opening site.
A method for registering a memory module in a module slot of a film cassette, comprising the steps of;
- loading the film cassette in a cassette station, said cassette station defining a cassette orientation and a module orientation;
- holding said film cassette in said cassette orientation;
- during said holding, pivoting the module within the module slot into said module orientation.
A film cassette comprising:
- a shell defining a light-tight film space and a module slot external to said film space;
- a filmstrip coiled within said film space;
- a memory module permanently retained in said module slot by said shell, said memory module being movable within said module slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.