US3645385A - Openable cartridge for facilitating egress and ingress of strip material - Google Patents

Openable cartridge for facilitating egress and ingress of strip material Download PDF

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US3645385A
US3645385A US835128A US3645385DA US3645385A US 3645385 A US3645385 A US 3645385A US 835128 A US835128 A US 835128A US 3645385D A US3645385D A US 3645385DA US 3645385 A US3645385 A US 3645385A
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
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  • a cartridge for strip material which includes a convolution of flexible sheeting wound around spaced, end members.
  • the sidewall sheeting is attached to the end members in a manner providing a movable flap portion which is breakably sealed to an overlapped potion of the sheet convolution.
  • the flap portion is movable to position which facilitates egress and ingress of a strip of web material.
  • One end member is provided with an aperture through which a cartridge core can be connected to rotary drive and the other end member is provided with a surface construction adapted for connection to a separate rotary drive by which the entire cartridge can be moved for breaking the cartridge seal,
  • the present invention relates to a cartridge of the type for containing a coiled length of web material and more particularly to a cartridge for containing a length of electrophotosensitive web material and having a movable closure member which can be retained in a closed position by a breakable seal.
  • a cartridge of the type for containing a coiled length of web material and more particularly to a cartridge for containing a length of electrophotosensitive web material and having a movable closure member which can be retained in a closed position by a breakable seal.
  • such a cartridge be adapted to store web material in a substantially lighttight manner prior to opening, be constructed to facilitate mechanized opening and, after removal of the web material, be adapted to facilitate feed back of the used web into the cartridge so that disposal of the soiled web can be accomplished by an operator without the necessity of handling the web.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an improved cartridge for protectively storing web material and which is adapted to receive the web material when fed back after use.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a substantially lighttight cartridge which is readily openable to provide access to the material stored therein and which when opened is adapted to facilitate both withdrawal and feed back of the material stored therein.
  • a cartridge having opposed and walls around which is wrapped a slightly overlapping convolution of substantially opaque sheeting.
  • the overlapping portions of the sheeting are coupled by a frangible seal and it is a feature of the invention that the cartridge includes a cover flap portion which is movable when the seal is broken and facilitates both egress and ingress of the strip with respect to the cartridge.
  • the cartridge can include a rotatable core and in such an embodiment one end wall is provided with an opening to facilitate connection of rotary drive to the core while the other end is provided with a surface construction adapted for connection to a separate rotary drive utilized to open the cartridge.
  • the sheeting forming the cartridge sidewalls is attached to the end walls of the cartridge around only a major portion of the end wall peripheries.
  • the edges of the overlapping portions of the convoluted sheet are not secured to the end wall peripheries over a small distance extending past the overlapped end of the sheet, thereby providing a movable flap portion that extends over an ingress and egress opening in the cartridge.
  • the flap portion can be moved to dispose the cartridge egress and ingress opening for use.
  • FIG. l is a top view of a web member of a type with which the present invention is adapted for use;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a cartridge having therein a web member such as shown in FIG. 1 and illustrating one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cartridge shown in FIG. 2 but showing the opposite end of the cartridge;
  • FIG. 4 is a front view of the cartridge shown in FIG. 2 with a portion removed showing a web mounted therein;
  • FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the cartridge shown in FIG. 2, taken along the lines 55 but with the web removed therefrom;
  • FIG. 6 is a transverse cross-sectional view of a portion of the cartridge embodiment shown in FIG. 2 with the cartridge in its closed condition;
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 are transverse cross-sectional views of the slightly modified embodiments of the cartridge shown in FIG. 2 mounted in apparatus for use, FIG. 7 showing the cartridge in a closed and full condition and FIG. 8 showing the cartridge an open and empty condition ready to receive a used web;
  • FIGS. 911 are perspective views showing other cartridge embodiments in accordance with the present invention.
  • a web member W can be seen in a withdreiwn condition and as it is stored inside one embodiment in accordance with the present invention.
  • the web W is in this instance an electrophotosensitive member which is provided with apertures A along its leading and trailing ends 1 and 2 respectively.
  • the apertures A are provided in the web W for use in mounting the web in electrophotographic apparatus such as in the manner disclosed in the aforementioned copending U.S. application of Thaddeus Swanke.
  • the cartridge features of the present invention are applicable for use with other web members which are desirably stored in a protective container before use.
  • the features of the present invention are particularly advantageous in applications in which it is desirable to utilize a cartridge to receive a web member after use of the web.
  • these features prove important because used electrophotosensitive webs are soiled with developer and very difficult for the operator to handle directly without becoming extremely dirty.
  • the cartridge embodiment 10 shown in FIG. 2 comprises a pair of end wall members 11 and 12 having generally circular edge peripheries of substantially equal circumference.
  • the end wall members desirably can be formed of plastic, metal, wood or other readily fabricated and inexpensive material.
  • the width of the sheet 13 desirably is selected to be sufficiently greater than the width of the web material to be stored in the cartridge so that a small distance is provided between a web in the cartridge and the cartridge end walls.
  • the length of the sheet 13 is selected in proportion to the circumference of the end walls 11 and 12 so that when wrapped around the end walls in the manner shown in FIG. 2, the ends of the sheet overlap slightly providing a top end 14 and bottom end 15, see the cross-sectional views in FIGS. 6 and 7.
  • the sheet 13 can be formed of plastic sheeting, heavy paper, thin metal or other flexible, durable and relatively inexpensive sheet material.
  • the material selected for both the end walls 11 and 12 and the side wall sheet 13 of the cartridge be formed of relatively opaque material in order to make the cartridge substantially lighttight.
  • the longitudinal edges of sheet 13 are secured to the circular periphery of each end member 11 and 12 around a major portion of the end wall peripheries. This may be accomplished by adhesive or by so]- dering, welding, ultrasonic sealing or such other known procedures for joining as are appropriate with the materials chosen for the ends and sheet. Also the ends can be designed to interfit with a preformed sheet or can be joined to the sheet 13 by staples, rivets, nails, or similar fasteners.
  • FIG. 2 it can be seen that the sheet 13 is not affixed to a minor portion M of the peripheries of ends 11 and 12 and that therefore a portion of sheet 13 extending from the overlapping end 14 thereof forms a flap F which can be moved away from the end walls 11 and 12.
  • flap portion F includes the top end portion 14 of the sheet 13 and also a longitudinal segment of sheet 13 extending further around the periphery of the end walls away from overlapped sheet end 15. Therefore, when the flap portion F of sidewall sheet 13 is moved away from the end walls as shown in FIG. 8, a web ingress and egress opening is provided in the container. As shown in FIGS.
  • a notched or indented transverse groove 16 can be provided across sheet 13 to facilitate the bending of the flap portion F away from the end walls I l and 12. It will be appreciated that such a groove 16 on the sheet 13 desirably should coincide with location at which the seal of the edges of sheet 13 to the major portions of end wall peripheries terminate.
  • end wall 12 of the cartridge includes a first wall portion 20 having a generally centrally located opening into the container in which is mounted a rotatable drive plug 21.
  • the plug 21 includes drive flanges 22 formed on the exterior surface and a circular connecting flange 23 on the inside surface which is connected to a cylindrical drive core 24 extending inside the cartridge.
  • the drive plug 21 and core 24 are desirable with particular embodiments of cartridges in accordance with the present invention for purposes described in U.S. Application Ser. No. 834,702, entitled Web Take-Up Device, filed June 19, 1969, in the name ofArthur C. Rissberger, Jr.
  • the end wall member 11 is provided with a protruding portion 28 which can desirably be formed to include a bearing surface to support the cartridge in apparatus for use.
  • the web W With a cartridge in a condition such as shown in FIG. 8, i.e., with the flap F spaced from the overlapped portion of sheet 13, the web W can be fed into the cartridge trailing end 2 first.
  • the web W will be directed into the cartridge by flap F and into a coiled condition by the inner surface of sheet 13.
  • the web feed into the cartridge is stopped.
  • the flap F then is moved to the closed position shown in FIGS. 2, 4, 6 and 7 and a frangible means such as breakable tabs 30 are applied to couple the flap F to the overlapped portion 15 of sheet 13, thereby holding the flap F in a closed position in the manner shown in FIG. 2.
  • the tabs 30 couple the overlapping sheet portions at edge locations so as not to contact the web W.
  • the tabs 30 desirably can be formed of readily breakable tape material or other easily breakable or severable joining material.
  • the bottom portion 15 of the sheet 13 can be provided with raised dimples 31 to reduce any electrostatic adherence of the web W to the cartridge and to position the leading portion 1 of the web for easy withdrawal from the cartridge.
  • light seal material such as a strip of frictional material 32 (See FIG. 7) can be provided on the sheet 13 extending transversely across the sheet between overlapping ends 14 and 15.
  • This strip can desirably be formed of a plastic foam material such as a polyurethane foam which is slightly compressible and when compressed between the overlapping ends of the side wall and web therebetween will frictionally retain the web end as well as provide a light seal for the cartridge.
  • the end member 51 has a circular periphery adapted to have a longitudinal edge of sidewall sheet 53 aflixed thereto in the manner described with respect to cartridge embodiment 10.
  • the opposite longitudinal edge of sheet 53 is attached in the same manner along an opposite end member (not shown).
  • a drive plug and core are not utilized.
  • the flap F of the sheet 53 defined by groove 56 is attached to the overlapped sheet portion by a spot seal 54, such as by adhesive or ultrasonic sealing.
  • This coupling between the overlapping sheet portions is again formed so as to be easily breakable to release flap F and provide egress and ingress to the cartridge 50 in a manner such as described above with respect to cartridge 10. It will be appreciated that the opposite end of the cartridge is held c osed in the same manner.
  • the cartridge mbodiment 60 shown in FIG. 10 is like that shown in FIG. 9 with exception that a frangible band 64 is utilized to retain the cartridge flap portion F defined by groove 66 in sheet 63 in a closed position.
  • the band 64 can be broken in the manner described or removed by slipping it over end 61 and the flap F moved to the open position to facilitate egress and ingress of the web W. It will be appreciated that again an opposite end of the cartridge, not shown, is constructed and held closed in the same manner as the end shown in FIG. 10.
  • the cartridge shown in FIG. 11 is similar to the previously described embodiments; however, in this embodiment the sidewall sheet 73 is attached to the peripheries of end walls 71 and 72 along the entire length of its longitudinal edges.
  • weakened portions 74 are provided in the sheet near each end wall of the cartridge and extend generally longitudinally from the top overlapping end of the sheet 73 a distance sufficient to form a flap portion F which can be broken from the secured edge portions of sheet 73.
  • a cartridge comprising:
  • first and second end walls of generally circular peripheral configuration, said end walls being generally parallel and aligned along a longitudinal axis of said cartridge, each end wall including a bearing surface for supporting said cartridge for rotation on said longitudinal axis, said first end wall having a central aperture extending therethrough to the cartridge interior and said second end wall having slot means on the outer surface thereof for connecting said cartridge to a first source of rotary drive in a predetermined angular orientation on its longitudinal axis;
  • a core located between said sidewalls and including means, formed on one core end and extending through said central aperture, for connecting said core to a second source of rotary drive and facilitating rotation of said core independent of a rotary source connected to said slot means;
  • cover flap is formed as an integral extension of one end of said sheet and overlaps the opposite end of said sheet.

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US4832197A (en) * 1986-11-07 1989-05-23 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Photosensitive material magazine
US4834236A (en) * 1986-09-05 1989-05-30 Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Light-tight cassette and method for packing rolls of light-sensitive material in a cassette
US4978985A (en) * 1989-07-24 1990-12-18 Eastman Kodak Company Film cassette having film-exposure status indicator
EP0436767A3 (en) * 1990-01-12 1992-08-26 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Film cassette
EP0400933B1 (fr) * 1989-05-29 1995-07-05 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Cassette à bande
CN1073961C (zh) * 1998-04-03 2001-10-31 宁波东升包装材料有限公司 一种薄膜卷筒的包装运输方法及装置
US6962595B1 (en) * 2002-01-22 2005-11-08 Cardica, Inc. Integrated anastomosis system
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EP0400933B1 (fr) * 1989-05-29 1995-07-05 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Cassette à bande
US4978985A (en) * 1989-07-24 1990-12-18 Eastman Kodak Company Film cassette having film-exposure status indicator
EP0436767A3 (en) * 1990-01-12 1992-08-26 Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. Film cassette
CN1073961C (zh) * 1998-04-03 2001-10-31 宁波东升包装材料有限公司 一种薄膜卷筒的包装运输方法及装置
US6962595B1 (en) * 2002-01-22 2005-11-08 Cardica, Inc. Integrated anastomosis system
USD628461S1 (en) * 2009-09-25 2010-12-07 Stein Jr Daniel L Protective cover for wires

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