CA1070207A - Microfilm jacket micro film feeding device and process - Google Patents

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
In a preferred embodiment, there is provided a micro-film jacket support supportable of a flat microfilm jacket in a horizontal position in an anchored state with a leading edge of the jacket extending beyond the support when mounted thereon, and with a microfilm insertion opening into micro-film jacket reservoir space being positioned at the edge of the support face-up when mounted on the support, and as a part of the combination additionally there being an upper edge pressure-flexing mechanism for flexing downwardly the leading edge extending beyond the support adjacent the inser-tion opening, and a feeding mechanism for aligning a longitudi-nal elongated axis of the microfilm with a longitudinal elon-gated axis of the microfilm jacket reservoir space and with the insertion opening and for feeding advancingly inter-mittently microfilm into the insertion opening and for inter-mittently severing microfilm, and additionally for mounting in association with microfilm immediately adjacent the inser-tion opening a microfilm projection mechanism for viewing a microfilm frame about to be inserted.

Description

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T~IE SPECI~IGATIOM ~ :.
This lnvention relates to a novel microfilm ja.cket support and microfilm insertion apparatus and process.
BA G O ND TO ~E INVENTION
Prior to the present invention there h~s been no ~`
mechanical apparatus ~or appropriately ins2rting micro~ilm strip~s) into microfilm storage j~cketsg much less on a rapld pace and efficient and fool-proo~ basis, as well as the cutting of frames of one æubject matter from ~rames of another sub~ect matter h~retofore ha~ing been a time~consuming labori~us ~ob. ~:
SUMMARY OF TNE NVENTION
Accordingly~ ob~ects of the present invention include :
~, the obtaining o~ an apparatus and process which ovecome and/or avoid problems of the types re*erred to above, together with : other novel advantages O
: Another object is to obtain a microfilm ~acket support and insertion device ~acilitating the easy insertion o~ a microfilm strip thereinto~
A~other o~ject is to obtain a microfilm ~ac~et support ~ :
' and insertion viewing apparatus. ,:~
:: Another obJect is to obtain a microfilm jacket support and microfilm frame-severing device. ;
Another object is to obtain a microfllm ~acke~ support ~: and Yilm i~sertion advancing device.
Another ob~ect is to obtain a novel microfilm ~acket ~.
::i having serially arranged ~llm reservolrs as a beltO '~.
~'-. , Another object is to obtain a reeled microfilm jacket .; belt for feeding microfilm jackets serially. :
Another object is to obtain a process of micro~ilm :. - 2 - ~ ~
,:' . ' ~;i:-~r insertion ln~o a microf~lm ~cketO.
Other object~ b~come apparent from ~he precediny, and folln~ing disclosure.
~ One or more objects arc obtained by the in~ention as defined in the preceding and ~llowing disclosure.
Broadly the lnvention may be defined as a microfilm jacket microfilm-inserter de~ce including a support which holds the jacket in a predetermined position with a portion of the reservoir defln~ng structure above the insertion opening at a leading end of the ~acket extending beyond a pi~ot point of support of an underface of the jacket, and lncluding a pressure-applying structure as a microfilm jacket eclge-~lexing mechanism to bend downwardly the un-. supported portion of the leading end of the ~acket by apply-` ing pressure to an upper surface thereof, adapted such that - the opening is broadly exposed of the reservolr space whereOy a mlcrofilm end insertion is thereby facilitated. In various , preferred embodiments as shall be more fully described in the detailed descl~iption, there is included as a part o~ the unitary combinat-Lon an insertion mechanism for lining--up microfilm to be inserted with the elongated lon~ituclinal axis thereo~ aligned lin~all.y with the elongated longitudinal axis of the reservoir s~ace into which the microfilm is to be inserted, and additionally a cutting mechanism for cu~ting related frames ~rom unrelated frames while within the ~nser~ .:
tion mechanism or adjacent thereto, and additionally an advancing mechanism~ and additionally a structure providing .
~ for receipt of desired and/or conventional image pro~ection i .
; device(s~ at a point adjacent to the point of insertion such ,; . .
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th-ls also facilitati~ the com~Ln~tion element for cutting-a~lay a segment slnce by the viewer one determines where the rel~ted sub~ect matter begins and ends and where the next be~ins, By the preset~t lnvention, thereby it is possible to efficiently and speedily review film lrames ol micro~ilm at the point of insertion into a storage microfilm jacket at the time of severence of the related strip frames from o~her frames, by a speedy insertion.
Xn a further improved and pre~erred embodlment, there is provided a Peed reel mechanism and novel serially arranged micro~ilm ~aclcets having their longitudinal elongated-axis jacket structures arranged end-to-end consecutively as a continuous belt with in-termittent insertion openings, and ~
further preferably also with a ta~e-llp reel such that the ~ ;`
~ilm ~acket is not severed at any time but is merely wound - upon a further stor~ge reel, or temporary storage further reel before rewinding upon the original feed reel~ The ~;
reservoirs may also be additionally in paral~el. ;;~
It is also contemplated that some of the reservoir . -channels may be borader than others whether or not seriallyarranged or with parallel arranged rese~oirs.
The invention may be better understood by making refer-ence to the following ~'igures.
THE FIGURES
; Figure 1 illustra~es in side elevation view a preferred embodiment o~ the present invention, together with illustrat~
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lng in phantom the relative mounting position of a microfilm ~ ~;
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Flgure lA illustrates in side e~evation view, an alternate embodlment _ 4 '' ' , . ~

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Figure 3 illustrates an elevation plan view of Figures 1 and 2, devoid of the microfilm jacket carriage;
Figure 4, appearing on the second page of drawings~ illustrates an in-part view in side view with partial cut-away with one side of the apparatus whereby interior mechanism is viewable.
Figure 5 similarly appearing on the second page of drawings, illu- ;
strates a cross-sectional as taken along lines 5-5 of Figure 1, Figure 5A also on the second page of drawings, illustrates an in-part and enlarged view of a particular portion of the Figure 5 illustration, except in a cutting-of-microfilm state, as it would appear when microfilm strip has been severed;
Figure 6 appearing on the fourth page of drawings, illustrates a side cross-sectional view as taken along lines 6-6 of the Figure 3 embodiment;
Figure 6A, also on the fourth page of drawings, is an in-part elevation ~ :
plan enlarged view of Figures 2 and 6; -Figure 7, on the third page of drawings, illustrates a side cross-sectional view as taken along lines 7-7 of Figure 2;
Figure 8 illustrates an in-part view in elevation plan of a conven-tional prior art microfilm jacket with film shown in the process of being inserted thereinto;
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Figure 9 illustrates an in-part view in elevation plan of a novel :
microfilm jacket according to the present invention, operative with the - microfilm jacket jacket-microilm feeding device of this invention, and is in the illustrated view easily compared and contrasted to the prior art illu-strated in Figure 8;
Figure 10 illustrates a typical novel microfilm jacket of the present invention in elevation plan view; :
Figure 11 iIlustrates an in-part;view in side cross-. ~ .

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section as taken alon~ line 11~-11 o~ ure 10 Figure llq illustrates a view as taken along lines llA~ ~
llA o~ Figur~ 9, in side cros~~sectional in-part view~ with ~ .
the feeding device belng shown in phantom for impro~ing underst~nding of the mechan-Lsm o~ the downward ~lexing o~
the leading edge of the micro~ilm jacket.
Figure 12 illustrates a ~iew as taken trans~ersely across ~he width of the microfilm jacket, along lines 12~12 : of Figure 10, in side cross-sectlonal vlew.
: 10 Flgure 12A illustrate~ a vlew exte~ding transversel~
across the microfilm ~acket open mouth ln slde cross-sectional -view as taken along lines 12A-12A of Figure 11~
Figure 13 illustrates typically the mlcrofilm Jacket of Figure 10, shown as lyin~ over an international grid standard sheet, all in elevation plan vlewO
~igure 14 illustrates in an in-part view another and ~ further improved micro~ilm ~ac~et similar to that of Figure `: 10, except with a plurality of consecutive mouths ~or a common channel space extending along between parallel seals O ~igure 15 illustrates a ~ar~ation on the embodiment o~
~: the Flgure 10, in that at lea~t one of the channels is sub~stantially wider than others o~ the channels of the micro~ilm - jacket, illustrated in ele~ation plan view~
Figure 16 illustrates in an in~part view in perspe~tive ~iew, a roll of microfilm jacket in a continuous elongated jacket-strip otherwlse substantially similar to that of the ~ ~igures 10 and 1~ embodimentsO
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF T~E IN~ENTION
In greater detail, all o~ Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5A~ 6, : ~ .
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the b~;ic common pre~erred em~odiment o~ the ~eeding device and ~nicrofilm jackets utlllzable therewith, The ernbodiment of Figure la illustrates an alternate feedin~ mechanism as shall be descr~bed in greater deta-il hereinafter.
In li~e ma~ner, Figures 14 through 16 illustrate alternate embodiments of the novel mLcro~ilm jackets.
Figure 1 illustrates a ~eeding devlce 16 o~ the inven-tion, having a feed and cutter mechanism 17, ~nd a carriage mechanism 18. The feed and cutter mechan1sm are designed as to rece~ve a microfilm projector l9, for projecting an ~mage, illustrated in phantom~ A micro~ilm support lever 20 is `~
anchored on a shaft 21 within a base support 22. A cutter-lnitiating handle 23 causes feed and cutter mechanism struc-ture 24 to pivot as shall be described in greater detail below~
~andle 25, typically a knob, is utilized typically for re~olv-ing to advance microfilm by a turning of a shaft 26 on which , ~- . .
shaft also the ~eed cutter mechanism structure is pivoted. ~ -~
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~ Channel-defining structure 27 defines a micro~ilm channel ','.'!<'~ seat and mouth 28 for receiving and channeling microfilm~
; ~ 2~ and at location 29 there is a microfilm channel outlét port ". f ~ exit, from which exit microfilm is fed along a channel seat , I .
defined adjacent the structure 30 from which channel the micro~i]m is fed into the open mouth o~ a micro~ilm jacket opened by mechanism of the ~eeding device. In particular, there ls an overhang having a lower surface 31, against which upper surface 3? presses, the~upper sur~ace 32 being a~down- `
wardly inclined surface, and the key 34a coordinating with ~;
the key 33 to assure correct alignment ., ~ . . . . .
~- The upper surface 32 is~a part of the overall carriage -~-~ . , ~ 30 structure platform 35, pivotably mounted by structure 45 onto ,, ~ . .
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~ 7~637 - -a pivot bar 46 ~Jith a sl?ring-bias~d releasable latching lock latchable at any o~e af alternate positions ranging in directi.ons extendin~ transverseiy across the width as defin~d within the structure 36 by th~ alternate-slot- :
defining structure 36a, and providing ~ roller track surface 37 for wheel 39 ~hen the carriage platform 35 is being moved laterally from one slot to the other by pressing ~:
dow~wardly on ~he lever 43a in a manner such that the roller l~l becomes ll~ted pivotably ~rom a slot recess lockin~ posi-tion and ,state to above the sur~ace 38~ Struc-ture 42a and 42b ha~e the wheel L'l mounted thereon while ~`
thls structure is mounted on the axis 40, secured to spacèd- i : . . .
apart ~langes extending downwardly from the carriage plat- . ::~
~orm 35, This relationship can be best see~ in phantom illustration of Figure 5, as well as in elevation plan view of Figure 3. Lower sur~ace 43b represents an upper surface between the downwardly-extending ~langes~ against ~ `:
which upper surface 43b the structure 42 normally presses . :-in a locked state as a result of a spring biasing action of ~:~
a spring ~iewable in Figure 5. A le~er button 43 while .~ :
pressing downwar~ly upon the structure L~2, extends upwardly ; :~
through a through-space 4L~, in the platform 35. The plat-form 35 is anchored through an appropriate typically metal strip 48 by an anchoring bolt L~7 into the mounting struc-ture 45, Reel 49, as a ~eed reel feeds tape 50 into the channel ~outh 28 defined by the st.ructure 27, Anchor struc~
., .-l ture 51b provides for utili~ation of revolvable handle or :
~ - knob 51 for ad~usting axiall~ along the lungitudlnal length . .
, of the structure 36 the extent to which the carriage is - ~ ~,. ~, , ,~
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the end portion 32 ap~ropriately such ~hat -the particular channel to receive microfilm is precisely posltioned before the exit port 29 and channel defined beside the structure 30.
Mounting spring-carrying threaded screw or bolt 52 extends through the shaft 54 around which the wheel 53 is rotatably mounted. Accordingly, the shaft 54 is biased by the spring on the bolt 52 into a flush and contacting and rolling rela~ion-ship with a wheel mounted on the shaft 26, the wheel being fixedly mounted thereon to turn only when the shaft is turned. This re-lationship is best seen in Figure 4, in which the opposing re-lationships of the surfaces of the wheel 53 and the shaft-mounted wheel 55 having surface 56. Position-adjusting bolt 57 adjusts the position at which the pivoting structure 27 normally rests with the channels of feed properly aligned with the ports receiv-ing microfilm therefrom. Accordingly, the bolt 57 has its thread-ed shaft 57a extending through the structure 27, to rest against the structure 22a. In Figure 4, in particular, the spring 58 which biases the pivoted structure upwardly into a stable position is also illustrated. In this Figure, the mouth 59 is also disclosed for the channel 60 having the outlet mouth-defining structure 63 ;
defining the outlet mouth 61, from which the ilm 50 is fed into a ;~
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concave channel seat 62 located between structures 30, as for - example may be seen in Figure 7. The structure 64 defines there- ~
through a through-channel 70 over which the microfilm may be ~;
brought to rest and through which a light from beneath may be ;
shone upwardly into a lens of a microfilm projector arranged typically as shown in phantom in the Figure 1 illustration.
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~ID'7~zV~7 channeling position and structure 63 in the open state is view-able, while in the Figure 5A i t is shown after the cutting handle has been pressed typically in a clockwise direction around its -~
pivot point to cause the structure 63 to mo~e downwardly whereby the upwardly concave angular mouth 61 serves to cut the seat 64.
Accordingly, the severed film would then be pushed further into a microfilm jacket channel by further advancing the film severed . . . ~ .
therefrom in a pushing relationship. Spring 95 on knob 93 biases ;: .
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structures 27 and 94. The figure 2 embodiment illustrates flanges ~.
34 and 34'~between which is mounted a connector bar 65 for the -:.
attaching to other appropriate mechanisms as for example is illustrated in Figure 3 in which a member 66 is linked thereto by the shaft 65 extending through a through passage therein. :~
Figure 9, Figure llA, and Figure 12A, represent insertion details of the microfilm into the novel microfilm jacket of the Figures 10, 11, and 12, the Figure 8 of the prior art being in- .
cluded in order to more clearly point out differences in prior art .
state of the art ana problems and difficulties associated there-with as contrasted to the novel microfilm jacket and inserting device described above. In particular, with reference to the ~ :
Figure 8 illustration, a microfilm jacket 67a has a channel de- `
fined between pancaked sheets joined by ultrasonic seals 75a' and 75a'l. In order to make insertion reasonably possible and speedy, done heretofore substantially always by hand, the film heretofore had to be inserted by virtue of a cut-out section defining a port 71a having a recessed lip 73a away from the forward lip 72a for :~
insertion of the microfilm 50 thereinto. A
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that the mi~rofilm frame 74a is le~t exposed ~or the ~rame of a strip on the end thereof last inserted u~der the con-ventional system of inser~ion lnto such a prior art jacket 67a, the trailing end o~ the strip of film substantially never being pushed totally beneath the upper sheet ~eycnd the cut-o~t port 71ag thereby xesulting ln soiling and deterioratlon o~ the microfilm when the prior art ~acket 67a was employed, during periods of exkended ~torage and/or u~e~ Moreover, e.ven with the lip rece~ed in the manner lllusbrated, in order to proYide a ready ope~ing 71a for insertion, there neverth01ess still remained several prob- ~ :
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lems with the prior art, namely that when the microfilm 5O
is in fact inserted, under the conventional and normal modes of stoxage, the terminal end o~ the la~t portion of ~`
the film to be pressed inwardly remains exposed on itB
upper surface~ as noted above, in the cut-away port 71a by ; ~.
~ virtue of the recessed lip 73a; another difficulty arises -: ~rom the fact that e~en with the cut-away, the strip upper~: 20 and lower sheets of the ~ac~et are held clGse together thus ;~
requiring great care in the insertion by a person, and accordingly taking excessive time to insert each film individually with the personal care of the attendantg to be sure that it i8 threaded properly between the upper and lower - sheets into the channelO Additionally, during the insertionof the leadin~ end of the microfilm 5O, great car~ ha~ to be taken to as~ure that both of the leading cox~ers become ~ :
in~erted beneath ~ach of the ~eparate angled portions o~ the - lip 73a; ~therwi~e one corner may well be threaded beneath ~ ~
the upper half of the lip 73a while accidently not ~eing - .-,;: - 11 -- .
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~ ~t~ 7 threaded below the upper remain~ng hal~, whereby at the converging polnt of the two half portions -the microfllm end would be blocked agalnst further lnsertion unless wi~hdrawn and begun again, getting both corners beneath the upper sheet O
Accordingly9 by re~erence to the Figure 9 and ~ig~re '.
lla ln particular, it may be seen how the micro~lm 50 with ~:
its frames 749 is inserted beneath the lip edge 73 and ~bove the corresponding lip ~dge 72 of the micro~ilm ~acket upper sheet 77"~, de~ining a channel therebeneath between the ultra-sonic seals 75~ and 7511. ~he ~orward lip of the microfilm ~acket is in a downwardly ~lexed state as shown in Figure llA as would be ef~ected by virtue o~ pre3sure o~ the lower :
~ace 31 o~ the ~eed device previously discussed and shown in ph~ntom in this Flgureg and upward pressure o~ the lower lip ., ~ .
s 32 binding the leading edge o~ the micro~llm jacket and pro~
viding for the flexing openly o~ the mouth thereof to expose - the channel for insertion of the film 50 thereinto, ".
~; In further pointing out the novelty o~ the present : 20 in~ention9 a~ compared to the prior art as illustrated typi-, : cally in Figure 8, it is important to note that in the em~odi-, .ments o~ the present invention as illustrated in Fi~ures 9, ~-.. . lO, 11, llA, 12, and 12A, th~re i~ no cut-out providing ~or i~sertion o~ a microfilm, rather there i~ solely a slit .~ necessary -- although it is ne~er-the-less possible to employ with the present inventive ~eeding mechanism device, the .
~ prior art ~ackets al~o, the present ~ackets o~ the present ;.
'~ invention are non-usable by industry in the absence o~ the~:~. novel feeding device o~ the present inventlon which pro~ides . 30 for the ~lexing open o~ the lnlet port as shown in the Figure ," - ~:
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10, and 11, the slit is totally closed to exclude all dust and debris and exposure to the elements when the micro~ilm is not in the flexe~ state3 thereby totally enclosing all portions OI ~he micro~ilm including tha traillng ed~;e inserted,, as well as the present feed mechanism p~oviding that the severed microfllm strip may be pushed under by khe remainin~ .
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; next piece o~ ~ilm being pushed-outwardly to that point and then po~s~bly retracted slightly in order to view the first 10 frame 74~ Figure 12 illustrate~ a view o~ the empty channel : o~ Figure 10 as taken along llne 12-12 o~ Flgure 10. Fi~lre 12A ~llustrates ~-~typical ~ppearance of the Figure llA embodi-ment during the state of ~lexing, viewing the mouth as taken . along lines l~A-12A of Figure llA. Figure 13 illustrates a :~
`` microfilm ~acket such as that of the embodiment of Figure 10, ,. . .
placed over the recently established international standard .. ,. grid, illustrating the fact th~t the present lnve~ti~e micro~
; ~ilm is in accord with the accepted nternational grid ~tan~
dard, and accor~ingly the novel feeding device o~:the present - 20 invention is adapted to ~uch a standard and to such a micro- ~:
film ~acket, and accordin~ly ~s preferably tailored to the use of such a ~acket. Thusg for the ~acket 67, ~he width of .:; the channels 78 and 79 are equal to one another and to the ~, .
: width o~ the lnternational grid channel ~tandard, arro~s as ;:
;................ a', etc~-through i lndlcating a di~erent seale.
~lgure 14 illustrates an alternat~ embodi~entg instead ~.
of having a single mouth at the leading end of the strip3 ~:~ there may be a series of insert slits such as 80, 80'~ and ' 80~', etc., for a s1ngle channel of a~y desired predetermined :~
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Figure 15 is another preferr~d embodiment that mlght be desired for particular customers~ ln which at lea~t one of the channels is substantlall~ gr~ater in width of the channel as compared to the width o~ rem~ining channel~, thereb~ pro-vidin~ for insertion of a microfilm of greater width d~men-sion~ as well as microfilm of ~tandard width dimensions ~n the channels o~ lesser widths. ~ccord~ngly, the rh~nnel 81 is substant~ally greater3 approx~mately twice the normal wldth~ as compa~ed to the normal channel 82.
Figure 16 illustrates typicall~ ~icrofilm ~ac~ets of :~
the present i~vention o~ the type illustrated, for exam~le, ln Figure 10, except that this Figure illustrates the no~el concept of providing such micro~ilm Jacket in a continuous roll and ~hus with serially consecu~ive mouths as in Figure 14, ~or roll storage ~or example on a reel or roller rod be~ore and/or sub~equent to insertion of micro~ilms there~
into the channels thereof. Such a reel or roller roll o~
this continuous micro~ilm ~acket CQuld, for example~ be utilized in the alternate embodi~ent feeder device illus-. ~ .
trated in Figure lA by the leading edge of the microfilm ~acket 67'9" of the roll 83 with its rod-space 84~ would be mounted with its micro~ilm ~acket feed reel 85~ fed throu~h the grooYed guide 86, which ~uide ~6 i~ a stationary guide on the base 870 The base 87 is provided with alternat~
posltion selector 88 alo~g which the carriage selector device 89 rides as a part of' the laterally to ~nd fro movable struc-ture 90 carried on the rod 91 o~ the base 87~ The structure ., 90 carries additionally the Jaeket take_up support structure ~ ~:

91 and reel 92 thereo~, while th~ ~icro~ilm is fed ~rom the .

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~7~7 17a which is positioned and works substantially as that described and illu~trated for Flgure 1. Accordingly, the primary distinction between the embodime~ts o~ Figure 1 and Flgure lA, are that in Figure 1 it is the carriage with plat- -form which is movable laterall~ to and ~ro~ whereas in the Figure lA embodiment~ the platform is stationar~ and it is the reed and cutter mech~nism wh~ch is mova~l~ mounted on a carrlage for lateral to and ~ro movem~nt in order to seleet the particular ~hannel o* a microfilm ~acket into which ~ilm :
~: 10 is to be inserted~ The Fi~ure lA additionally also illu~-trating~ howevar3 the impro~ed and preferred continuou~
-; ~acket mechanism with the ~acket take-up reel 92 within which the reeled microfilm jacket would be stored various str~ps ., of the micro~ilm cut ~rom the initial micro~i~m 50 that was .. initially photographed onto film stored on the reel 49a.
'. ' ~, Thus i~ each embodiment, the ~ilm 50 is caused to ,5 advance by mechanically *urnin~ the handle or knob 25 to turn ~ ;
the shaft 26 together with its fixedly mounted wheel 55 such , ~ that surface 56 opposed by ~urface 53 o~ the upper biased .
wheel, causing the ~ilm ~0 threaded between the oppos~ng ; wheel surface to advance into mouth 59 and then out of mouth 61 of a common channel~ onto the lower concaue seat sur~ace 620 The cutt~r edge or mouth 61 cuts by downward mo~ement when the structure 27 is pivoted by the cutter ha~dle Z3~ ::
the edge o~ surface 62 being the opposing cutting surface~
~; whereby the ~ilm Rtrip is severed when th~ mouth edge 61 ls .- pi~oted to a state and position shown in Figure 5A; prior to ~:
such cuttin~, the le~ding ed~e would have been threaded into the opened jacket mouth (slit) by virtue~- of mounting the leasing portion just ~orward o~ the mouth such that that ; - , : leading port~on is bent downwardl~ as shown in Figure llA.
Thereafter, the handle 25 is further turned, pushing the ~ilm :
well-beneath the lip 73.,. a~ter wh~ch the handle 25 is turned ln the re~erse counter-clockwise direction to wl~hdraw the ~;
leading edge of the uncut r~maining feed strip of the micro~
film, such that the leading frame ma~ be ~iewed by posltion-ing above the opening 70 aligned for pro~ection through an accessory pro~ector shown in phantom in Figure l, B~ u~e of ~uch a pro~ectorg the person storing and cutting~of~ separate indepen~en~ sub~ect matter from a series of unrelated sub~ects, is able to determine the last ~rame for common subJect matter to be storedO Hereto~ore~ laborious maneuvering to make such :; ascertion was re~uired, thls being very time-conæu~ing and - there~ore co~tly as a prior procedure now ~ade si~ple by the ~ present feed device and viewing device in combination~ :
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Claims (12)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A microfilm jacket film inserter device comprising in combination: jacket support means for supporting a micro-film jacket in a predetermined position, adapted such that an edge portion adjacent a jacket insert opening is sus-pended without unyieldable support whereby the edge portion is susceptible to be flexed when pressure is applied thereto;
and microfilm jacket edge-flexing means for applying pressure to a microfilm jacket carried supportedly by the jacket support means, adapted such that a microfilm jacket film-insert-opening is openable and readily alignable with and receivable of an end of a microfilm to be inserted.

2. A microfilm jacket film inserter device of claim 1, in which said jacket support means is adapted to support an underface substantially flat main body portion of a micro-film jacket and is adapted such that said edge portion is a leading edge portion positionable thereby to be contacted on an upper face thereof by said microfilm jacket edge-flexing means whereby the leading edge position is flexible down-wardly relative to said main body portion sufficiently to remove the leading edge portion from a position that would otherwise obstruct insertion of a microfilm end into an insert opening located between the main body portion and the leading edge portion.

3. A microfilm jacket film inserter device of claim 2, including a film inserter means for mechanically impelling microfilm toward and in alignment with said insert opening of a microfilm jacket supported by said jacket support means and with the leading edge of the microfilm jacket flexed by said microfilm jacket edge-flexing means, said film inserter being joined with at least one of said jacket support means and said microfilm jacket edge-flexing means adapted such that substantially lineal alignment of a microfilm to be inserted and of a microfilm jacket reservoir channel con tinuous with said insert opening are maintainable during an insertion of microfilm into said insert opening.

4. A microfilm jacket film inserter device of claim 3, in which the film inserter means defines a channel by channel structure, and in which the film inserter includes a cutter means for severing microfilm situated within said channel, said channel structure being a part of the cutter means and including end-to-end aligned and substantially flushly adjacent channel portions as first and second channel portions at least one of which is substantially fixedly mounted rela-tive to the other, and the remaining one thereof being adapted to be movable in a plane transversely to the channel whereby microfilm positioned within the channel is severed when the remaining one is moved transversely.

5. A microfilm jacket film inserter device of claim 4, in which the film inserter means includes pincher roller means for advancing film within said channel, the roller means including at least a pair of opposingly mounted rollers mounted rotatably with respective axes of rotation substan-tially parallel to one another and positioned for feeding film alignedly along the channel.

6. A microfilm jacket film inserter device of claim 5, in which at least one of said jacket support means and said film inserter means is adjustable for lateral movement rela-tive to the other adapted for intermittently aligning different channels one at a time selectively of a multi-channeled microfilm jacket having a plurality of substan-tially parallel side-by-side microfilm jacket reservoir channels.

7. A microfilm jacket film inserter device of claim 6, in which for each of multiple intermittent positions of selec-tive positioning of said channels, selective positioning structure is included for predetermined seating in an aligned position for insertion of microfilm into a supported microfilm jacket.

8. A microfilm jacket film inserter device of claim 3, including reel means for feeding from a reel support a series of continuous serially end-to-end microfilm jackets onto said jacket support means to a position aligned for proper functioning of said microfilm jacket edge-flexing means and said film inserter means.

9. A microfilm jacket film inserter device of claim 8, in which the reel means includes both a feed reel mechanism and a take up reel mechanism, the feed reel mechanism being adapted to feed at least partially empty microfilm serially arranged continuous microfilm jackets onto said support and onward to said take-up reel mechanism intermittently between microfilm-insertion operations, and said take-up reel mechanism being adapted to receive and store at least partially filled microfilm serially arranged continuous microfilm jackets on a take-up reel.

10. A microfilm jacket film inserter device of claim 3, in which said film inserter means includes structure adapted to receive projector means for forming an image from a micro-film frame of a film mounted within said film inserter means.

11. A microfilm jacket film insertion process comprising in combination; fixedly supporting a first portion of a microfilm jacket adjacent an insertion opening to insertion reservoir space within a channel of a microfilm jacket, flexing a second portion of the microfilm jacket located on an opposite side of the inser-tion opening in a flexing movement predetermined to flex the microfilm jacket as said insertion opening along a linear line of bend extending transversely of an elongated axis of the inser-tion reservoir space of the channel of the microfilm jacket, aligning an elongated longitudinal axis of a microfilm strip with the insertion opening and in substantially parallel alignment with said elongated axis of the insertion reservoir space of the channel of the micro-film jacket, and advancing at least one of the microfilm strip and the microfilm jacket toward the other thereof sufficiently to at least in-part insert the microfilm strip through said insertion opening into said insertion reser-voir space.

12. A microfilm jacket film insertion process of claim 11, and severing said microfilm strip.