Abstract: An apparatus is provided for scanning a photographic film or the like with a laser beam. The apparatus includes a roll source or cassette of film to be supplied and used and a take-up cassette to receive the exposed film in the form of a roll. Between the source of the film and the take-up cassette there is provided an arrangement consisting of one or two knurled segments or rollers which peripherally engage the film along the lateral edges thereof in order to transport the film past a laser beam generator and scanner adjacent which the knurled roller or rollers are positioned in order to draw the film at a closely controlled rate past a slot through which the laser beam exits in order to photographically process the film. Between the knurled roller or rollers and the take-up cassette are provided exit rollers which engage the film at a slightly faster speed than the speed at which the film is travelling. The exit rollers are arranged to engage the film with a force of about 21/2-4 pounds.

Abstract: A laser scanning apparatus is provided with a compensating arrangement whereby deviations of a synchronous drive are compensated for by adjusting the frequency with which the laser beam is modulated. The laser beam is directed onto a rotatable spinner which causes the laser beam to scan a synchronized moving medium in a number of sequential and parallel lines, each of which is determined during a cycle of the movement of the spinner. The spinner is driven by a synchronous motor. During each cycle, a period error is measured to determine a compensating signal which is held for the next successive cycle and is used to control the frequency of a variable oscillator which determines the clocking rate at which information is employed to modulate the laser beam. According to the method of the invention, lines of information are placed on a synchronized moving medium responsive to the aforesaid laser beam during successive cycles.

Abstract: A laser scanning apparatus is provided with a compensating arrangement whereby deviations of a synchronous drive are compensated for by adjusting the frequency with which the laser beam is modulated. The laser beam is directed onto a rotatable spinner which causes the laser beam to scan a synchronized moving medium in a number of sequential and parallel lines, each of which is determined during a cycle of the movement of the spinner. The spinner is driven by a synchronous motor. During each cycle, a period error is measured to determine a compensating signal which is held for the next successive cycle and is used to control the frequency of a variable oscillator which determines the clocking rate at which information is employed to modulate the laser beam. According to the method of the invention, lines of information are placed on a synchronized moving medium responsive to the aforesaid laser beam during successive cycles.

Abstract: An electronic watch with watchband-carried batteries in which an electrical conductor completes the circuit from battery to watch. A standard, removably fastened watch part is used to securely fasten the conductor to the watch case. In one embodiment an electrical connector is inserted through a passage in the watch case and is firmly seated between the spring bar and a corresponding connector attached inside the watch case. In the other embodiment the conductor fits in a passage between the watch case and back cover while the back cover presses an angled connector into firm engagement with the internal connector. A battery compartment, the conductor and the connector are joined in a molded case for added durability and reliability as well as ease of replacement.