Film rewind device in a camera
US4318603A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 1980 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B1/12
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A film rewind device in a camera in which a rewind coupling is automatically engaged with a cassette shaft in response to rewind operation has a rotatable member having a spiral groove on its peripheral wall portion and said rewind coupling at the end of the shaft thereof, the rotatable member being slidable in axial direction and rotatable by rewind operation, and a meshing member meshing with the spiral groove at the initial stage of the rewind operation to thereby slide the rotatable member in axial direction to cause the coupling to engage the cassette shaft. The mesh engagement between the meshing member and the spiral groove is released in axial direction when the coupling engages the cassette shaft, so that the meshing member comes to support the rotatable member so as to block the return of the rotatable member in axial direction.
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