Abstract: A system for transferring substantially identical fixtures, on each of which is mounted a workpiece, from a stack of said fixtures in a transferor magazine to a transferee magazine. Each of the magazines has substantially planar walls defining a prismatic interior space having a substantially rectangular cross-section and open top and bottom, or end, faces. The walls of the magazine are provided with spring catches for retaining in the storage space fixtures placed therein, with the catches defining that portion of the interior of the magazine constituting a fixture storage space. The transferor magazine is mounted on a transferor base, which is provided with a transferor station and apparatus for placing the catches of the transferor base in a condition so that fixtures in the storage space can descend into the transferor station. The transferee magazine is mounted on a transferee base which is provided with a transferee station.

Abstract: Material handling apparatus in which a rectangular laminar fixture for a segment of film is provided with asymmetrically positioned recesses. The fixtures are adapted to be loaded into, stored in, and removed from a magazine provided with projections around which the recesses of the fixture stored in the magazine slidably fit. Only fixtures having the correct orientation with respect to the magazine can be stored within the magazine. The recesses of the fixtures and the projections of the magazine prevent a fixture stored in the magazine from changing its orientation.