Patents by Inventor Ernst-Albert Neitzel

Ernst-Albert Neitzel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5400099
    Abstract: The invention relates to a film-processing apparatus, in particular for X-ray sheet film, with a first feeding device arranged in a daylight environment and serving for transporting film cassettes to a film loading and unloading station, a second feeding device arranged in a darkroom environment and serving for transporting exposed film, and with a transport device for moving the film sheets to a film-processing station, said apparatus being designed such that film can be fed to the film-processing station in a simple manner either in a daylight environment, in a darkroom environment or in both environments without the apparatus having to be modified in a complicated way. For this purpose, the apparatus comprises sealing means which connect the second feeding device with the darkroom in a light-tight manner and are releasably attachable by adhesive means, and the second feeding device can be closed in light-tight manner by means of a lid pivotally mounted on a housing of the film-processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Ernst-Albert Neitzel, Friedrich Ueffinger