Julie R Stone

US Patent:

51056046, Apr 21, 1992

Filed:

Jul 31, 1991

Appl. No.:

7/739016

Inventors:

Clark E. Harris - Fairport NY
Julie D. Stone - Rochester NY
Thomas C. Healey - Rochester NY
Paul J. Szwejbka - Fairport NY

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY

International Classification:

B65B 2524

US Classification:

53409

Abstract:

A light-tight enclosure for storing and dispensing a roll of photosensitive web material wound about a hollow cylindrical core having open opposite ends. The enclosure comprises a flexible opaque bag with opposite sidewalls extending between opposing rearward and forward portions and opposing upper and lower portions. Each sidewall has a central aperture therein congruent with each core end. The rearward portion defines a closable opening for receiving the roll. A shallow neck portion projects from the forward portion to an end thereof defining an exit slot for dispensing the web material. A collar fits tightly inside each core end, with an annular flange thereon facing axially outward. An annular ring is attachable to each collar in spaced, inward-facing relation to the flange. The roll is first positioned in the bag, through its closable opening, so that the web material extends into the neck portion and out through the exit slot, and so that a central portion of the collar at each core end projects outwardly through the adjacent sidewall aperture, with its flange left inside the sidewall and facing an annular portion thereof surrounding the aperture.