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Exposing apparatus to identify film in cassettes

CA 1062527 A · Owner: Ipco Hospital Supply Corporation · Inventors: Brown, Victor R.; Katz, Seymour

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Apparatus for placing identifying indicia on x-ray film within a cassette, in which an electroluminescent panel is provided with a resiliently biased slide element movably mounted on a cassette supporting member. As the cassette is positioned on the supporting member a portion of the panel protrudes into a slot-shaped opening in one edge of the cassette, and the cassette edge simultaneously urges the slide element away from the protruding portion such that only the protruding portion and an indicia bearing card extend into the opening. When the cassette reaches its proper position on the support member, an electrical circuit automatically closes for a predetermined period of time to …

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  • Granted September 18, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 18, 1996.
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GrantedSeptember 18, 1979
Term endedSeptember 18, 1996
Patent numberCA 1062527 A
Classification (IPC)G03B42/04

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedSep 18, 1979Term endedSep 18, 1996

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