Flash holder assembly arrangement
US4342507A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 1981 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B15/0426
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A foldable flash holder comprised of three integrally molded plastic parts interconnected exclusively by snap fit. One of the parts is a contact retainer which includes an elongated receptacle well for receiving a multi-bulb flash array and a contact retaining bracket formation holding a plurality of U-shaped contacts uniformly spaced with one another, with one end of each contact cantilevered in position for resilient engagement with a contact blade portion of the flash array, while the opposite end of each contact is held in engagement with a flexible power cable. One embodiment of the flash holder includes an actuator movable in response to engagement by the flash array to actuate a mechanism in the associated camera which places the camera in an artificial illumination mode.
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