Microfiche reader-printer

• Main Author: TIGER; EMIL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.06.1976
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING,CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HAND CUTTING TOOLS; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; SEVERING; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING

An improved microfiche reader-printer includes an electro-mechanical control mechanism, roll paper storage and feed mechanism, paper cutter and a corona paper charger unit in the upper portion of the machine. Disposed in the lower portion of the machine are a paper developer, dryer and discharge chute, a light source, microfiche carrier and an optical lens system. The optical system includes two moveably disposed mirrors selectively operable to project one selected fiche image either forwardly onto a viewing screen or rearwardly to an exposure station where a selected size paper is momentarily retained to permit exposure. The control mechanism functions to effect sequential operation of each of the machine elements whereby a selected fiche image is read and printed.