Abstract: A suspended segmented display array in one embodiment includes multiple cables offset from a wall via standoff members. Adjacent display panels attach to cables via finger releasable clamps and present varied and unique visual displays. A versatile and cost-effective display system thus is established that accommodates a wide range of content which can readily be changed out.

Abstract: A camera body of a video system has a housing which is comprised of cover elements. Two of the cover elements which, in an area of the handgrip, are fitted together and which shape a part of the housing, also shape the handgrip of the housing.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing a film strip from a film leader card includes (a) a feed section for holding the film leader card stationary in a first predetermined position with the film strip attached via protrusions to a film clip, said feed section having an entry port through which the film leader card is fully inserted in a forward direction with the film strip extending in a backward direction outward through the entry port; (b) means for forming a loop in the film that is folded underneath the film leader card in order to rotate the end of the film strip away from the film clip on the opposite side of the film leader card, thereby causing the film strip to de-tension from the protrusions; (c) a pinch roller assembly; (d) a detach mechanism for engaging the loop and extending it further under the film leader card toward, but not contacting, the pinch roller assembly, said detach mechanism including cams for further rotating the film strip until it is completely inverted and oriented in the forward direction, s

Abstract: There is described a photosensitive material processing apparatus which automatically develops pieces of film being longer in the longitudinal direction than in the width direction like a piece of photographic film for consumer use. The photosensitive material processing apparatus, embodied in the present invention, includes an ejecting section to eject a photosensitive material, a storing section to store a plurality of photosensitive materials and a conveyor for moving to the storing section while supporting a leading portion of the photosensitive material.

Abstract: A clip for attaching an end of a web to a drive belt. The clip comprises an elongate mount for receiving an end of the web, and an attachment section for securing the clip to the belt. The attachment section comprises two spaced pairs of claws for gripping the drive belt such that the drive belt and the web are substantially parallel and a flexible support connecting the two spaced pairs of claws providing flexibility in the direction of travel, such that, in use, the flexible support can deform to conform to the path of the drive belt as the drive belt passes through a processing apparatus. The resulting clip is easy to use, reliable during use and easily removed from the drive belt at the end of a processing operation.

Abstract: A sheet-like photosensitive material clip for use in a hanger-type film processor, in which the clip has a pair of opposite forward end portions for clipping a sheet-like photosensitive material therebetween, in which a photosensitive material contacting portion at one of the forward end portions is formed to be planar, while a photosensitive material contacting portion of the other forward end portion is formed like dentition having a plurality of teeth formed in zigzags.

Abstract: A film developing process automatically conveys film to a film developing section. When a cartridge conveyed intermittently by a cartridge conveying device is conveyed to a first stop position, a tapered tongue drawing device is actuated to draw an end portion of a film strip out of the cartridge. At a second stop position, a cutting device and a punching device are operated to cut the tapered tongue and form coupling holes on the end portion of the film strip respectively. At a third stop position, a reinforcing label is applied to the end portion of the film strip by a label sticking device. At fourth and fifth stop positions, the end portions of the film strips are coupled with a leader sheet which has been conveyed and stopped at the other side of the fourth and fifth stop positions. The cartridges are then conveyed together with the leader sheet into the film developing section.

Abstract: A clip for use in a photographic processing apparatus which comprises at least one leader belt to which the material is attached for transportation along a processing path in the apparatus, the material being attached by means of a clip, the clip comprising a body portion to which the material is attached, and a clamp portion which is attached to the belt, characterized in that the clamp portion of the clip includes a recess formed therein for accommodating the belt in a substantially flat position.

Abstract: A film leader extractor comprises, in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention, a structural stiffener component or member having a static-cling vinyl component or member laminated thereto by a suitable adhesive. When the extractor is inserted into, for example a 35 mm photographic film cartridge or canister, the static-cling vinyl layer is temporarily bonded to the film leader by electostatic attraction properties whereby the film leader is then able to be extracted or withdrawn from the film canister. In accordance with a second embodiment of the invention, a tab member is adhesively bonded to the film leader. The tab member is provided with an enlarged aperture to be engaged with a hook-type extractor implement.

Abstract: A film splicing device which makes it possible to easily connect a film to a leader. It has a housing having a top plate on which is provided a leader presser which is pivotable toward and away from the top surface of the top plate. The top plate has a window. A film guide is mounted in the housing under the window and has a recess that faces the window. A slide guide is coupled to the leader presser so as to be slidable into and out of the recess. With a leader placed on the top plate and pressed by the leader presser, a film end is inserted into a second hole formed in the leader, then into a film turning path defined between a curved inner surface of the recess and the slide guide, and then into a first hole formed in the leader to deform protrusions of the leader upward. When the film end is inserted until holes formed in the leading end of the film register with the tips of the protrusions, the protrusions engage in the holes.

Abstract: A coupling structure capable of coupling films to a leader with high reliability. The leader has a leader body formed with first holes and second holes in its rear with respect to the feed direction of the leader. Sheet members having fingers or protrusions are provided on the leader body so that the fingers extend across the respective first holes. Films having holes formed in its leading end, are coupled to the leader body by inserting their leading ends through second holes and then into the first holes until the fingers engage in the holes formed in the films.

Abstract: A photofinishing apparatus for reading and/or writing magnetic information on a web of photographic film. The web comprises a plurality of individual strips of film secured together end to end. The apparatus includes a film track for receiving the web, a pair of drive rollers for moving the film web through the film track, a magnetic reader and/or writer for reading and/or writing magnetic data on the web, and a detection device for detecting metal objects in the web. The detection device is located at a point in the film track prior to the magnetic reader and/or writer. A monitoring device monitors the change in voltage across two space points on the film track for determining when a metal object is in the web and for producing a signal which is used to stop the film web.

Abstract: A film processor includes a cabinet having a processing cavity divided into a series of processing stations containing film processing fluid. A pair of support rails extend longitudinally over the processing cavity. A photographic film carrier is loaded at a loading station adjacent to the first bath, and a transport mechanism raises the film above the loading station, transfers it to a position above the bath at the first processing station, and then lowers the carrier such that the photographic film is immersed in the bath. After processing has been completed in the fixed bath, the photographic film assembly is transferred to succeeding processing stations. After the film is raised above the bath at the last processing station, the door of an adjacent drying compartment is opened automatically, and the carrier is set on the portion of the rails which extend into the drying chamber. The door is then reclosed and drying takes place.