Inventors:
Ronald W. Jarvis - Westlake Village CA
Richard J. Goldberg - Tarzana CA
Frank J. Ricotta - Westlake Village CA
Ronald W. Corke - Buckinghamshire, GB
Lawrence A. Curtis - Whittier CA
Steven Garlick - Chino Hills CA
David M. Gilmartin - Chino Hills CA
Assignee:
Technicolor, Inc. - North Hollywood CA
International Classification:
G03B 2704, G03B 2732
Abstract:
A system for producing prints of a professional motion picture film by dye transfer, including a roll tank, a pin belt, and a transfer cabinet. A dye imbibed matrix film and blank film are superimposed together in a predetermined registration by rollers in the roll tank, creating a two-film sandwich, which is directed onto the pin belt. The pin belt includes a plurality of pins traveling in an orbital path, which detachably engage the two-film sandwich, thereby directing the two-film sandwich along a portion of the orbital path. The transfer cabinet includes a plurality of relatively large diameter rollers in a predetermined relationship to one another, and an elevator mechanism for adjusting the predetermined relationship. The rollers define a substantially rectilinear film path along which the two-film sandwich from the pin belt is directed. The film path has a length sufficient to allow complete dye transfer to occur at high drive speeds within the transfer cabinet.