Patent ID: 7950654

Claim:
A film handling system, comprising: a supply container for supporting a plurality of sheets of film; a film receiving mechanism; and a transport mechanism for retrieving a sheet of film from the supply container and transporting the sheet of film to the film receiving mechanism, said transport mechanism comprising a vacuum head for adhering the sheet of film to the transport mechanism; wherein the film receiving mechanism comprises a feed mechanism for conveying the sheet of film received by the film receiving mechanism, said feed mechanism comprising at least one pin for mating with at least one of a plurality of sprocket holes in the sheet of film transported by the transport mechanism; and said supply container further comprises at least one elongated film guide having a first end for insertion into one of the sprocket holes in the sheet of film in said supply container; and said pin of the film receiving mechanism is adapted to be adjacent to a distal second end of the film guide as the transport mechanism transports the sheet of film along said film guide to the receiving mechanism.