Patents Assigned to I.C.G. Ltd.
  • Method and apparatus for holding a film transparency in a rotary drum scanner
    Patent number: 5574578
    Abstract: A film transparency (7) is held by centrifugal force with its emulsion side in contact with the inside of the transparent drum (1) of a rotary drum scanner (1, 2, 3) used in a graphic reproduction process. A transparency locator is in the form of either an insert (4) or a clip device (20) and serves to hold the film transparency in position until the drum is rotating at a sufficiently high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: I.C.G. Ltd.
    Inventors: Alan R. Dresch, Stephen C. Smith, Andrew G. Sokoloff