Patent ID: 6260842
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B65H,G03B

Abstract:
An apparatus for receiving and maintaining a cartridge of photosensitive film within an imager, the imager including a film transport system defining a film travel path, the apparatus comprising:a tray for receiving a film cartridge, the tray having a floor and extending side walls defining a cartridge insertion passage;a guide frame selectively maintaining the tray for guiding movement of the tray between an elevated position and a retracted position relative to the guide frame, the guide frame being configured such that in the elevated position, the cartridge insertion passage is normal to a film travel path of a film transport system wherein said tray is mounted to said guide frame to pivot about a pivot axis parallel to said film travel path; andan elevator mechanism for driving the tray between the elevated position and the retracted position by pivoting said tray about said pivot axis.