Patent ID: 6019309
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: G03B,G03C

Abstract:
A photographic cassette, comprising:a light-tight housing having:a core retainer to rotatably seat a photographic web roll core along an axis of the core retainer;an exterior member having an exterior member main wall which extends axially and part way around the axis, said exterior member main wall comprising an axially extending exterior member margin; andan interior member having an interior member main wall which extends axially and part way around the axis, said interior member main wall comprising an axially extending interior member margin;one of said exterior member or said interior member being a rotatable member which is rotatable around the axis between a closed position in which said exterior member margin abuts against said interior member margin so that a web roll with a core seated in the core retainer is light tightly enclosed by the housing, and an open position in which the exterior member margin is separated from the interior member margin to form an axially extending cassette opening, such that in said closed position, said abutting exterior member margin and interior member margin define a light-tight axial exit slot for photosensitive material, and in said open position, said axially extending opening is dimensioned to allow an entire full web roll wound on a core to pass in a radial direction therethrough to be seated into and/or removed from said core retainer.