Microfiche recording system
CA 1160878 A · Owner: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. · Inventors: Klose, Peter H.; Ovshinsky, Herbert C.
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An improved annotatable microfiche film card archival recording system utilizes an intermediate film strip (71) on a movable film head (2) to transfer an image from an initial imaging station (10) to a transfer station (14) where the image on the intermediate film strip (71) is transferred to the microfiche film card (20). There is provided an optical train including a pair of downwardly facing, inclined and horizontally spaced mirrors (36) (38) at the imaging station (10), the first of which mirror (36) receives upwardly directed light reflected from hard copy. This mirror arrangement, cooperating with a horizontal film head movement in a direction transverse to the mirror spacing, …
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- Granted January 24, 1984. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 24, 2001.
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