PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY (reproduction of pictures or patterns by scanning and converting into electrical signals H 04 N) [4]
Note
In this class, the following terms are used with the meaning indicated:
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"records" means photographs or any other kind of latent, directly-visible or permanent storage of pictorial information, which consist of an imagewise distribution of a quantity, e.g. an electric charge pattern, recorded on a carrier member;
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"optical" applies not only to visible light but also to ultra-violet or infra-red radiations. [4]
G 03 B
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 (optical parts of such apparatus G 02 B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G 03 C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G 03 D) [4]
Note
This subclass covers, as far as processes are concerned, only processes characterised by the use or manipulation of apparatus classifiable per se in this subclass.
Details common to at least two of the following types of apparatus: cameras, projectors, printers (details common to cameras only G 03 B 7/00 to G 03 B 17/00, to projectors only G 03 B 21/00, G 03 B 23/00, to printers only
G 03 B 27/00)
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00
Film-strip handling
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02
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Moving film strip by pull on end thereof
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04
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Pull exerted by take-up spool
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06
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rotated by lever-operated ratchet and pawl
1
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08
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rotated by band, chain, rack, or other linear reciprocating operation
1
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10
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rotated by knob through gearing
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12
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rotated by motor, e.g. spring
1
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14
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Special arrangements to ensure constant length of movement of film
1
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16
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by film-arresting pins
1
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18
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Moving film strip by means which act on the film between the ends thereof
1
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20
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Acting means
1
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22
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Claws or pins engaging holes in the film
1
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24
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Sprockets engaging holes in the film
1
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26
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Spiked wheels or pins not penetrating the film
1
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28
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Shuttle feed
1
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30
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Belt feed
1
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32
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Friction grippers or rollers
1
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34
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Beaters
1
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36
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•
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Pneumatic acting means
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38
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embodying Geneva motion, e.g. Maltese-cross gearing
1
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40
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embodying frictional coupling or clutches
1
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42
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Guiding, framing, or constraining film in desired position relative to lens system