Film cartridge magazine.

摘要

A magazine (10) for holding plurality of film cartridges (18) and method handling thrust film cartridges (18) in a photofinishing process using the magazine (10). The magazine (10) comprises a plurality of retaining pockets (16), each pocket designed to hold a film thrust cartridge (18). Each thrust cartridge having a rotatably spool mounted therein for holding a filmstrip wound around the spool. The magazine (10) includes a flexible retaining member (36) associated with each of the pockets for allowing insertion or removal of the thrust cartridge (18) from the pocket and for retaining the thrust cartridge in a predetermined position when the thrust cartridge is disposed in the pocket (16). The support member has a first access opening for allowing placement of the cartridge into the pocket and for allowing access to the spool (32) of the thrust cartridge (18) such that the spool can be rotated thrusting the filmstrip out of the cartridge or rewound back into the cartridge and a second access opening associated with each of the pockets for allowing the filmstrip to be removed from the thrust cartridge or returned to the thrust cartridge while the cartridge is in the pocket.