Film handling system with elongated film guide
OwnerMichael Tenbrockinventor
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Abstract
A film handling system is described, including: a supply container for supporting a plurality of sheets of film; a film receiver; and a transport mechanism for retrieving a sheet of film from the supply container and transporting the sheet of film to the receiving mechanism, said transport mechanism comprising a vacuum head for adhering the sheet of film to the vacuum head; wherein the film receiver comprises a feed mechanism for conveying the sheet of film received by the film receiver, said feed mechanism including a sprocket for mating with at least one of a plurality of sprocket holes in the sheet of film transported by the transport mechanism.
Claims10
A film handling system, comprising:
- a supply container for supporting a plurality of sheets of film;
- a film receiving mechanism;
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- a transport mechanism for retrieving a sheet of film from the supply container and transporting the sheet of film to the film receiving mechanism, said transport mechanism comprising a vacuum head for adhering the sheet of film to the transport mechanism;
- wherein the film receiving mechanism comprises a feed mechanism for conveying the sheet of film received by the film receiving mechanism, said feed mechanism comprising at least one pin for mating with at least one of a plurality of sprocket holes in the sheet of film transported by the transport mechanism;
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- said supply container further comprises at least one elongated film guide having a first end for insertion into one of the sprocket holes in the sheet of film in said supply container;
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- said pin of the film receiving mechanism is adapted to be adjacent to a distal second end of the film guide as the transport mechanism transports the sheet of film along said film guide to the receiving mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.