US 6,208,409 B1 · Film deck

Abstract

The invention relates to a film deck (100) for feeding and returning developed photographic films of various types from an insertion station (3, 12) to a processing station (BA) of a mini-lab (ML); with the film deck being intended in particular for APS films and 35 mm films. A rapid and reliable adjustment of the film deck to the various film types to be processed is achieved by providing a first carrier plate (10) with means for film insertion (3, 12) film guidance (2), film transport (4) and film-specific processing (5, 6, 7) of the various film types, and a second carrier plate (20) with means (22, 23, 24, 25) for active film drive of the various film types for transporting them from the insertion device (10) to the processing station (BA), and means (11, 22) for connecting and detaching the first carrier plate (10) to/from the second carrier plate (20).

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Dependent claims

In a film deck for feeding and returning developed photographic films of various types from an insertion device to a processing station of a mini-lab, includes a first carrier plate with a film guidance mechanism and a film transport mechanism, a second carrier plate and means for connecting and detaching the first carrier plate to/from the second carrier plate, the improvement comprising:

a film-specific processing mechanism and a film insertion mechanism both mounted on the first carrier plate, wherein the film-specific processing mechanism being capable of spatial reorientation to accommodate various sized film types;
and
an active film drive mounted on the second carrier plate for a plurality of film types, the active film drive being operatively connected to the insertion device to convey various film types from the insertion device to the processing station.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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