(19)
(11) EP 0 000 139 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.01.1979 Bulletin 1979/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
10.01.1979 Bulletin 1979/01

(21) Application number: 78100142

(22) Date of filing: 13.06.1978
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 13.06.1977 US 805816

(71) Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
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(72) Inventor:
  • Schmidt, Gunter
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(54) Unloader for an X-ray film-holding casette


(57) Apparatus for opening a cassette, of the type which carries a sheet of X-ray film, to allow the film to move into processing equipment, without requiring a darkroom. The apparatus includes a lighttight housing containing inclined guides for receiving the cassette, and pins at the bottom of the space between the guides, that can engage latches on the cassette to open it. The cassette is forced against the pins by a cover on the housing, which pushes on the cassette as the cover approaches its fully closed position so the pins unlatch the cassette which opens to allow the film sheet to drop out.







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