Patent · US Expired

Motor driven camera

US4273432A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 1979
Grant dateJun 16, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 31, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B7/083
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a camera having an electric motor and a flash device incorporated within the housing thereof, in order that simultaneous electrical power supply to the motor and the flash device from one and the same battery never occurs, there are provided a switch cooperative with a shutter button upon depression to inhibit electrical power supply to the flash device, and another switch arranged to be closed when each cycle of film winding operation is completed, thereby the motor is disconnected from the battery and the flash device is connected thereto.

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