Patent ID: 8199378

Claim:
A device to transfer film image into digital data comprising: a body having a bottom, said bottom having two opposite sides each formed with a groove; a frame having an upper portion provided with a printed circuit board assembly, said frame having an inlet door pivotally mounted at one side of a bottom of said frame and an outlet door pivotally mounted at an opposite side of said bottom of said frame; a camera lens mounted in said printed circuit board assembly; a bottom brace assembled under said frame and having a recess, said recess having an end closed by said inlet door and an opposite end closed by said outlet door; a back light mechanism set inside said bottom brace; a positioning wedge set at one side of said bottom brace and housed inside said frame; and a bottom cover having a top, said top two opposite sides each having a groove, said bottom cover being engaged with said bottom of said body with said groove of said bottom cover aligned with said groove of said body thereby providing a passage extending through said recess of said bottom brace, said groove of said bottom cover and said groove of said body; a connector connecting said printed circuit board assembly via a connecting cable; a film clamp insertable through said openings of said body and said bottom cover and said recess of said bottom brace, said film clamp having a lower shell and an upper shell pivotally connected with said lower shell, said lower shell and said upper shell having a plurality of square open holes, said lower shell having an outside lower rim provided with a plurality of positioning holes adapted to be engaged with said positioning wedge for obtaining a secure positioning; wherein when said film clamp is inserted into said passage, a film fitted in one of said square open holes is aimed to said camera lens, said back light mechanism is activated to emit light and project to said film and images taken from said camera lens are processed by programs and transferred into digital data which are then sent to a computer for modification or storage.