Patent ID: 6177981
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
Loading arrangement for loading a photographic copier with a film cartridge containing a film, wherein the film is partially removed from the cartridge for processing and after processing is wound back into the cartridge, said arrangement comprising:a positioning means for positioning a cartridge in a working position;a motor-driven unwind means for partially removing a wound film from the cartridge and for transferring the film to a film transport means provided in the copier;a motor driven windup means for rewinding the film into the cartridge;a storage chamber for coaxially receiving at least two cartridges in a defined orientation;a transfer means for sequentially removing a plurality of cartridges one at a time from the storage chamber, for transferring a removed cartridge to the working position where the film contained in the cartridge is partially removed from the cartridge for transfer via the film transport means and for ejecting the cartridge after the film has been rewound by the motor driven windup means.