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Photographic cassette and method of dispensing

CA 1284911 C · Owner: Niedospial, John J. · Inventors: Muller, Bruce R.; Niedospial, John J.

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An improved photographic cassette in which the plate and screen adjacent the front cover on the tube side of the cassette is unsecured to the front cover: that is, free floating, thereby achieving more uniform sheet-to-plate contact throughout the entire area of the sheet. The cassette also has a pressure plate and means forming a part of the pressure relieving means for engaging and holding the floating plate against the front cover upon actuation of the cassette pressure relieving means. The floating plate engaging and holding means facilitates separation of the pressure and floating plates and unblocking of the cassette entry slot by the floating plate to allow a sheet to freely enter …

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  • Granted June 18, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 18, 2008.
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FiledJune 16, 1987
GrantedJune 18, 1991
Term endedJune 18, 2008
Patent numberCA 1284911 C
Classification (IPC)G03B42/04

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedJune 16, 1987Patent grantedJune 18, 1991Term endedJune 18, 2008

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