Film strip feeding apparatus

• Main Authors: KATO; OSAMI, TSUKAMOTO; TSUTOMU, SAITOH; TAKANORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.05.1991
• 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; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS

A film strip feeding apparatus for use with a film storage device detachably assembled into the apparatus and having an inner peripheral surface portion defining a circular central opening merging with a film outlet/inlet opening and having a roll of a film strip rotatably stored in the central opening, wherein a rockable member is provided which has carried thereon a stripping roller engageable with the roll of film in the film storage device and operative to unwind and strip a leading end portion of the film strip from the roll of film and feeding the leading end portion of the film strip out of the film storage device through the film outlet/inlet opening, the rockable member being rockable between a first angular position having the stripping roller disengaged from the roll of film and a second angular position having the stripping roller held in rollable engagement with the roll of film. A guide member is further provided which is engaged by the film storage device assembled into the apparatus and having a surface portion to guide the leading end portion of the film strip being unwound and stripped from the roll of film, the guide member providing discharging means for contacting the leading end portion of the film strip being unwound and stripped from the roll of film and thereby removing electrostatic charges which may have been generated on the leading end portion of the film strip.