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Apparatus for facilitating ready insertion and removal of cassettes from wells

CA 1089266 A · Owner: Polaroid Corporation · Inventors: Mcelwaine, David C.

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Improved apparatus is provided in a viewer or player of the type having a cassette receiving well defined in part by an opening in the viewer or player and an interior sidewall extending perpendicularly inward of the opening and from which extend outwardly a pair of drive heads. The improved apparatus is provided to guide the edge of the loading end wall of a cassette, as it entors the receiving well past the pair of drive heads and, ultimately into nosting relation adjacent the sidewall with the drive heads engaged to complementary recessed drive couplings in the side of the cassette upon complete insertion of the cassette into the well. The improved apparatus not only accommodates the …

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  • Granted November 11, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 11, 1997.
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FiledDecember 30, 1977
GrantedNovember 11, 1980
Term endedNovember 11, 1997
Patent numberCA 1089266 A
Classification (IPC)G03B21/10 +1 more

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1978198019821984198619881990199219941996Application filedDec 30, 1977Patent grantedNov 11, 1980Term endedNov 11, 1997

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