Industry Patents

Patent: 4459014

Subtractive Filter for the Printing of Color Photographic Film

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Patent Number: 4459014 
Title: Subtractive Filter for the Printing of Color Photographic Film 
Abstract: A subtractive filter having three elementary filters, each comprising a fixed cylindrical central portion having at its center a channel for the passage of the light and on its surface a radial milled slot; a rotary ring concentric to the said fixed cylindrical central portion having a graduation on its central periphery, the inside of said rotary ring having the shape of a logarithmically progressive ramp; and a filter holder comprising a frame adapted to slide in the said radial milled slot in the fixed cylindrical central portion, the bottom of said frame having the shape of a rounded point which rests against said ramp and the top of said frame having a spring resting against a part fastened to the periphery of the fixed central portion, said frame of said filter holder comprising at its top a window opening and at its bottom the filter. Regulation of light passing through each of the three filters is accomplished by rotating the rotary rings.  
Country of Issue: US 
First Named Inventor: Thebault 
Assignee: Kis France 
Continuation or Divisional of:  
International Classification: G03B 27/73 
US Classification: 355/32 
Issue Date: 07-10-1984 
Filing Date: 03-26-1982 
Application : 362121 
Notes:  
Link to Patent at freepatentsonline.com: 4459014 at Freepatentsonline 
Link to World Patent Family1: World Patent Family at European Patent Office 
Link to Google Patents1: 4459014 at Google Patents 

 

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