FR2780034A1 - Photo wallet with housing for developed film cartridge - Google Patents

Abstract

The photo wallet (1) is composed of a bottom (2) comprising two internal corner flaps (3,4) delimiting a space in which the developed photos are slid. There is a closing flap (5). A sheath housing (6) is made in the bottom and has a locking tab (15) held in the inclined locking position by the longitudinal projection of the film cartridge. This tab engages in a locking structure (10) in the cover flap which is locked in the pivoting locking tab by a lateral push

Description

The present invention relates to a cardboard photo pocket or

  other material with holding case for a cartridge containing the developed film. The cartridges containing the films of the new photo system known as APS have some special features compared to conventional cartridges of photo film of current format. They have a cylindrical body flanked by a massive longitudinal projection through which the film exits. They are intended to contain the film before and after its development and are therefore part of the batch given to the

customer after development.

  There are already many pockets

  photos in the state of the art. It is often a simple folded sheet with flap or a container similar to an envelope in which the photos are slid to maintain and protect them and supplemented, if necessary, by a compartment or an annex case. often attached to the flap intended to receive the negatives. In the case of the so-called APS photo system, the negative films are supplied after development in the body of the special cartridge which cannot be placed in the photo holder pocket due to its shape and dimensions. The development laboratory is under the obligation to provide the APS cartridge in addition to a pocket containing the photos with the risk of loss and confusion or to provide bulky and expensive special packaging. However, the APS system wants to be popular and the additional cost linked to these special packaging does not meet the requirements of consumers.

for this type of product.

  In addition, paper proofs obtained from prints require protection against various types of attack. This is the general role of the pockets, but these are not given to the customer locked but simply closed by a flap. This flap can easily be raised voluntarily but also accidentally and the photos contained in the pocket can escape or be damaged by various aggressions such as projections, humidity,

crushing, scratches and others.

  The purpose of the present invention is to remedy the aforementioned drawbacks and to provide a satisfactory solution to the problem posed by proposing a pocket for paper proofs incorporating a housing for the APS cartridge, a pocket in which the flap is locked in the closed position by the

presence of the cartridge.

  According to the essential characteristic of the invention, a sheath housing is formed in the return of the bottom of the pouch so as to receive the APS cartridge after close adjustment after development, this housing being combined with a pivoting locking tab maintained in a position inclined locking by the longitudinal projection of the APS cartridge, the locking tab having a

  pouch flap locking tab.

  The invention will be better understood on reading

  of the description which follows carried out on a mode

  of preferred and nonlimiting execution with reference to the drawings in which: FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of the photo holder pocket in the open position without the film cartridge; 30. Figures 2 and 3 are overall perspective views of the photo holder pouch in the closed position respectively without and with the film cartridge; Figures 4 and 5 are detailed perspective views at the cartridge housing and the locking portion respectively without and with the film cartridge; Figures 6 and 7 are cross-sectional views corresponding to Figures 4 and 5; Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the possibility of opening by transverse recoil of the cover flap. The present invention proceeds from the general inventive idea that it is possible to use the body of the film cartridge of the photo system called APS to lock a pocket carrying

  paper photo proofs after their development.

  For this purpose, a sheath housing for the film cartridge is combined with a pivoting locking tab maintained in an inclined locking position by the longitudinal projection of the body of the film.

the cartridge.

  In its originality, the invention provides a photo holder pocket comprising a bottom, interior corner flaps to hold the photos developed on paper, a cover flap to protect said photos comprising a bolt centered on its edge, as well as a sheath housing for the film cartridge comprising a pivoting locking tab with central opening capable of cooperating with the bolt of the cover flap for its

  locking in opening movement upwards.

  Figure 1 illustrates the whole pouch in the open state. The pouch according to the invention is cut flat in a cardboard or other similar material format and the cut is delivered pre-glued flat. The sheath for the film cartridge is put into volume by the staff of the development laboratory when the developed photos and the cartridge containing the developed film are delivered. This pocket applies more specifically to photo films of the APS system but is not

exclusive to this system.

  The photo holder pocket 1 consists of a bottom 2 comprising at least two interior corner flaps 3 and 4 for holding the photos. These inner corner flaps 3 and 4 are glued by their edges common to those of the corresponding corner of the bottom 2 leaving a flat volume whose opening is directed towards the center of the bottom, giving this part a general envelope structure. The purpose of these interior corner flaps 3 and 4 is to keep the photos flat by at least two of their corners and this against the plane of the

bottom 2 of the cover.

  The pocket 1 has a closure flap covering the whole to protect the developed photos and an adjacent sheath 6 intended to receive the APS cartridge containing the close fit.

  the film developed to serve as accommodation.

  This cartridge has a body 7 of generally cylindrical shape which has a massive longitudinal projection 8 parallel to its longitudinal axis by a slot from which the photo film comes out and enters. The projection 8 is arranged in transverse continuation of the lateral surface giving it a general shape of a scroll profile. The body 7 of the cartridge has a label 9

identification.

  The closing flap 5 has in the middle part of its large free side a coplanar projection of the tongue type intended to constitute a bolt 10 used for locking the flap of

  cover as we will see below.

  The sheath 6 is an open housing of tubular shape with square section. It consists of three cardboard sides articulated to fold together and on one side with the plane of the bottom 2 and on the other side with a connecting tab 11 by which the sleeve 6 is secured to the bottom 2. There are two lateral faces 12 and 13 and an upper face 14. The sleeve 6 is

  made in the return of the bottom 2 and secured to it

  ci by the connecting tab 11. The sheath can sag flat. It is in this state at the time of delivery before being filled by the cartridge. The side face 12 of the sheath 6 looking towards the center of the bottom has a locking tab 15 cut from the material of this face and pivoting around the lower fold line 16 connecting this face to the connecting tab 11. This pivoting tab of locking device 15 has in its plane a central opening 17 in slot intended to receive the bolt 10 of the closing flap 5 for locking in the manner of a door. In the upper face 14 of the sleeve 6 is cut an identification opening 18 overlapping the fold between the two adjacent faces and making it possible to visually check the presence of the cartridge and to read the

  identification indications on the label.

  Figure 2 illustrates in perspective the entire closed pocket. We see in this figure the cooperation between the bolt of the cover flap 5 and the central opening 17 of the tab

  pivoting lock 15 of the sleeve 6.

  Figure 3, similar to Figure 2, illustrates in perspective the entire closed pouch with the presence of the film cartridge in the sleeve 6. It is clear from this figure that it is the projection of the APS cartridge which pushes the pivoting locking tab 15 in order to properly lock the cover flap 5 thanks to the cooperation between the central opening 17 and the bolt 10

cover flap 5.

  We also note the usefulness of the upper identification opening 18 existing on the upper face of the sleeve 6 for reading the indications written on the top of the APS cartridge.

  without having to remove it from its housing.

  FIGS. 4 and 5 are detailed perspective views at the level of the housing of the cartridge and of the pivoting locking tab 15 respectively without and with the APS cartridge. Note that without the APS cartridge, the bolt 10 of the cover flap does not enter well into the central opening 17 of the pivoting locking tab 15 of the sleeve 6, this

  the latter being in vertical position.

  On the other hand, when the photos are developed and slipped into the pocket, the cover flap 5 being closed, the APS cartridge is slid into the sheath 6 and presses by its projection 8 on the pivoting locking tab 15. The latter is then maintained in an inclined locking position by the longitudinal projection of the APS cartridge which pushes the pivoting locking tab 15 towards the central part of the pocket 1 and allows the bolt 10 of the closing flap 5 to cooperate with the central opening 17 of the paw

  pivoting 7 of the sleeve 6 for locking.

  Figures 6 and 7 better illustrate the combination between the pivoting locking tab 15 and the longitudinal projection of the body of the APS cartridge to lock the photo holder pocket according to

the invention.

  FIG. 8 shows the possibility of disengaging the bolt 10 from the cover flap 5 of the pivoting locking tab 15 by a simple transverse backward movement of the cover flap 5. This movement is not natural and can only occur rarely by chance . Even in this opening case, the paper proofs would still be

  held in place by the inner corner flaps.

Claims (7)

  1. Photo holder pocket (1), in particular made of cardboard, intended for photos and films of the system known under the acronym APS using a cartridge with longitudinal projection (8) for the film, composed of a bottom (2) and two flaps ( 3) and (4) corner interiors delimiting a space in which the developed photos are slipped and a closing flap (5) covering the paper proofs characterized in that a sheath housing (6) is formed in the return plane of the bottom (2) of the pocket, the face of this sheath (6) looking at the open flap (5) comprising a pivoting locking tab (15) held in an inclined locking position by the longitudinal projection (8) of the body of the APS cartridge and cooperating with a blocking structure shaped in the cover flap (5) to act in blocking on the pivoting locking tab (15) under the effect of the lateral thrust on this tab brought by the   longitudinal projection (8) of the body of the APS cartridge.   2. Photo holder pouch according to claim 1 characterized in that the sheath (6) is composed of four articulated faces folded together and a connecting tab (11) coming to stick on the bottom (2).   3. Photo holder pocket according to claim 2 characterized in that the pivoting locking tab (6) has a longitudinal central opening (17) receiving the blocking   blocking structure of the cover flap (5).   4. Photo holder pocket according to the preceding claim, characterized in that   the longitudinal central opening (17) is a slot. 5. Photo holder pocket according to   claims 3 and 4 characterized in that the   blocking structure of the cover flap (5) is a lateral extension in the middle part of its plane forming a bolt (10) penetrating into the longitudinal central slot (17) of the pivoting tab (15) of locking for blocking.   6. photo holder pouch according to claim 2 characterized in that the upper face of the sheath has an identification opening (18) in the extension of the pivoting tab (6) for reading the inscriptions carried on the label identification of the APS cartridge.   7. Photo holder pocket according to claim 1 characterized in that the pocket (1)   is cut flat and delivered pre-glued flat.