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Film and photographic apparatus

US4223990A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 14, 1979
Grant dateSep 23, 1980
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Expiry dateMar 14, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/261
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A film magazine contains a roll of film having an image portion and a leader. The filmstrip is perforated at predetermined intervals with larger perforations in the image portion than in the leader. A camera mechanism is disclosed which uses the perforations to advance the filmstrip, detects the size of the perforations, and meters only when a large, image portion perforation is advanced to a predetermined position in the camera.

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