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Camera incorporated with a movable flash light device

US4357087A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 12, 1981
Grant dateNov 2, 1982
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Expiry dateMar 12, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2215/0507
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In the disclosed flash camera, a flash unit is movable between protruding and stowed positions, and a sensor senses whether a capacitor that flashes the unit is adequately charged. A switch and a control circuit enable the flash only when the unit is in the protruding position and the sensor simultaneously senses an adequate charge.

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