Film dispenser
CA 2103435 A1 · Owner: Zemlak, William A. · Inventors: Zemlak, William A.; Mark, Tony; Russell, Greg H.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A film dispenser having a housing with side and bottom walls, a film roll receptacle and a ledge located forwardly of the receptacle. A heating wire is mounted transverse to the direction of movement of film from the film roll when mounted in the film roll receptacle. A power supply is coupled to the output lines in series with said heating wire. A switch is mounted on the housing in series with the power supply and the heating wire and is operative upon closing to permit the passage of electrical current through the wire. An elongated channel piece is pivotally mounted such that the pivot point is movable to a limited extent and in response to, pulling up film from film roll the channel …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 18, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 18, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 18, 2015.
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