Container for sheets of light-sensitive material

Claim 1

A container for holding a stack of sheets of light-sensitive material, said container comprising four side panels and a floor panel defining a box portion open at one end, a cover hingedly connected to said box portion at said open end, a rigid partition member of a size generally coextensive with said sheets disposed in said box portion generally parallel to the plane of said sheets to separate the box into front and rear compartments, said partition member being free of connection with said box portion, an ejecting member comprising a strip of flexible material having one end anchored to said partition member at a point spaced from the lower edge thereof and the other end secured to the cover with the intervening portion forming within the box portion a sling extending around the inner end of said stack of sheets so that the stack is lifted by the ejecting member into projection position when the cover is open, and means for resisting withdrawal of said partition member comprising a sleeve inserted in said box portion with its upper end adjacent the upper end of said box portion, said sleeve extending around the partition member and the stack of sheet material within said box portion, and detent means on said partition member engaged with said sleeve.