Nicholas C Cardoos

US Patent:

52373614, Aug 17, 1993

Filed:

May 28, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/889628

Inventors:

Nicholas Cardoos - Bedford MA
Philip R. Norris - North Reading MA

Assignee:

Polaroid Corporation - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

G03D 1302

US Classification:

354333

Abstract:

A dispenser of film units is operative with a film processing apparatus enclosed within a housing. The housing includes a front sidewall having an exit slot for the delivery of film units, the dispenser including a film ejection device located behind the slot for ejecting film units out of the housing via the slot. The ejection device may include rotating pressure rolls which may also serve a function in the film processing. The dispenser includes a catcher constructed of a four-bar mechanical linkage, and includes a spring urging the catcher from an extended state away from the sidewall to a retracted state contiguous to the sidewall. The catcher is supported pivotally by a strut assembly which pivots from the sidewall and connects to pivots on both the catcher and the sidewall. A flap interconnects the tray with the sidewall. An articulation pivot permits a folding of the flap against the tray during retraction of the catcher.