Patent · US Expired

Flash unit and camera

US4265527A · kind A · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

AGFA-Gervaert AG · DE

Inventors

Dieter Engelsmann · Unterhaching, DE
Karl Wagner · Munich, DE
Hubert Hackenberg · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 19, 1980
Grant date	May 5, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 19, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03B15/0442
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multi-lamp flash unit and a camera with which it is usable, are described. The flash unit has a mounting shoe with which it is connectable to the camera. The shoe has an opening affording access to the interior of the unit, where a triggering element can be displaced from a rest position to an operating position in which it triggers advancement of a flash lamp into a reflector of the unit. The camera has an element which can enter through the opening and displace the triggering element to the operating position of the same.

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