Optics: image projectors – Slide transfer mechanism
Patent
1994-10-06
1996-09-10
Dowling, William C.
Optics: image projectors
Slide transfer mechanism
348110, G03B 2302, H04N 5253
Patent
active
055550428
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for automatically inserting 35 mm photographic slides into a slide scanning gate in the scanning station of a film scanner, scanning the slide, and ejecting the slides on completion of scanning. A vertical mount in the film scanner housing receives a rotatable slide tray having customer orders in selected tray slots to present each selected slide into alignment laterally in a horizontal plane with the film scanning gate. A load arm is actuated to load the slide from the tray slot into the scanning gate. The scanning gate accepts slides in mounts of varying size and thickness and centers the slide film image frame in alignment with a film scanning plane in the scanning station. The scanning gate is translated in the scanning station out of the load position for low and high resolution scans and returned to the load position. A return arm is actuated to eject the slide from the scanning gate and back into the same slot in the tray, and the tray is rotated to present the next selected slide into alignment with the load and return arms and the slide scanning gate. The system scans slides of different customer orders in accordance with instructions entered into an electronic control system.
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Jones Robert S.
Mort Thomas W.
Dowling William C.
Eastman Kodak Company
Stewart Gordon M.
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