Panoramic motion picture camera and method
US4602857A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B37/02
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A panoramic motion picture camera for continuously nonintermittently exposing a filmstrip in which a camera body assembly includes a stationary housing portion and a rotatable housing portion, the rotatable housing portion including an upper housing section and a lower housing section rotatable about an axis of rotation. Camera components including a lens means, a film gate, a main film sprocket, a film supply sprocket, and film idler spools providing a film path are enclosed within the upper housing section while a film supply reel and film take-up reel coaxially arranged and in spaced planar zones are contained within the lower housing section of the rotatable portion. Bidirectional film spools translate the filmstrip from the supply reel to the film path provided in the upper housing section and then to the film take-up reel at the lower part of the lower housing section. In the stationary housing portion motor drive means are provided for the main film sprocket, the supply and take-up reels, and the rotatable housing portion. Brake means is provided in the stationary housing portion for stopping rotation of the main film sprocket to cause relative movement of the filmstrip past…
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