Material or article handling – Device for emptying portable receptacle – With container opening means
Patent
1992-11-25
1994-07-19
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Device for emptying portable receptacle
With container opening means
414416, 414786, B65D 8530, G03B 4100
Patent
active
053303091
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for unlatching a stationary cassette having a latching mechanism for allowing removal of a photographic element disposed within the cassette. The cassette having a removable end cap, the end cap having a alignment opening and at least one access opening for allowing access to the latching mechanism. The apparatus having a stage, a mechanism for moving the stage in a first direction with respect to the cassette, an extractor bar assembly moveably mounted to the stage for movement in a second direction with respect to the cassette, the extractor bar assembly having unlatching member for unlatching the latching mechanism of the cassette and for removing the removable photographic element disposed in the cassette, a mechanism for moving the extractor bar assembly in the second direction, and a locating member for locating the extractor bar assembly in a first relative position with respect to the latching mechanism of the cassette.
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Brahm Roger S.
Lattimore James D.
Bilinski Peter J.
Bucci David A.
Eastman Kodak Company
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