Patents by Inventor Paul Kopf

Paul Kopf 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: 5988893
    Abstract: A camera having a camera housing (1, 2), a film cassette chamber (38) arranged in the camera housing for receiving a film cassette (25) for strip-like, photosensitive film (26), a film opening (31) of the film cassette (25) being closable in a lightproof manner by a sealing member (33), which can be adjusted between an open position and a closed position, furthermore a drive device displaceably arranged in the camera housing for adjusting the sealing member (33) of the film cassette (25) inserted in the film cassette chamber (38) from the open position into the closed position, a film transportation device and a locking device arranged in the camera housing for locking the film transportation device when the sealing member (33) of the film cassette (25) is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: AGFA Gevaert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rolf Schroder, Paul Kopf
  • Patent number: 5784652
    Abstract: A camera for roll film which can be wound into a film cassette has a central subassembly forming a light-tight inner body in which a film cassette chamber which receives the film cassette is contained and in which a film guidance device is contained, and has an outer body which surrounds the central subassembly, wherein the film cassette chamber of the central subassembly can be closed by a removable cassette chamber cover which is accessible through an opening in the outer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: AGFA Gevaert Aktiengesellschatt
    Inventors: Rolf Schroder, Peter Lermann, Dieter Engelsmann, Claus Steiner, Jorg Heidrich, Hermann Luhrig, Paul Kopf, Julian Schlagheck