Patent · US Expired

Shutter release security device in motor drive camera

US4202617A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 17, 1978
Grant dateMay 13, 1980
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Expiry dateMay 17, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/425
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A locking device is provided for preventing the mirror release until the completion of the winding operation. In its preferred embodiment, the locking device comprises a locking lever pivotally mounted on the end of the lower curtain release lever and engaging a cut in the mirror release pin to prevent the movement thereof until the lower curtain release lever pivots at the end of the winding operation.

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