Light-tight cassette

Details Light-tight cassette Light-tight cassette

1988-03-10

1988-11-29

Foster, Jimmy G.

Special receptacle or package

For roll or reel

Tubular housing with attached end wall

206409, 242 717, 354275, 355 72, B65D 8567, B65H 1902, G03B 1726

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047875135

ABSTRACT:
A light-tight cassette is disclosed for handling and dispensing a roll of photosensitive web material. The cassette comprises a plurality of side walls erected or formed from a single sheet of material in which the ends thereof are folded back upon themselves in a triangular configuration to define a pair of faceted tubes. When the cassette is assembled, a narrow web exit passageway is defined by two opposed facets of the respective tubes. The side walls comprise first and second side walls of convexly outwardly curved cross sections adjacent the tubes. A pair of end closure caps serve to close the side edges of the side walls and to support the roll and core for unwinding rotation. Each end cap has a plurality of beveled corners merging with straight channels for receiving complementary side edges of the side walls so that when the curved side edges of the first and second side walls are inserted into complementary corner relief areas and straight channels, forces are generated within the curved side walls causing the opposed facets to define the exit passageway with a substantially constant passageway width from one of the side edges of the side walls to the opposite side edges of the side walls. The tubes of the exit passageway subject the exiting web material to a substantially constant minimal pressure across the width thereof, and maximize the cassette beam strength.

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patent: 4671409 (1987-06-01), Espy
"Web Dispensing Cassette", Research Disclosure, 10-1976, pp. 26, 27.

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