Easy loading camera
US5212511A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 1992 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2217/268
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A camera is intended to be used with a film cartridge that has a normally curled film leader protruding from the cartridge. In the camera, a first cartridge-receiving chamber portion has an open end and side which allow the cartridge to be received in the first chamber portion laterally through the open side with one end of the cartridge protruding from the open end and the curled leader protruding from the open side. This permits the end of the cartridge protruding from the first chamber portion to be manually grasped in order to rotate the cartridge within the first chamber portion in the particular direction of curl of the leader. An elongate surface is arranged proximate the first chamber portion to force the leader to uncurl against the elongate surface to substantially flatten when the cartridge is rotated within the first chamber portion in the particular direction of curl of the leader. A second cartridge-receiving chamber portion has an open end which opens to the first chamber portion to allow the cartridge to be inserted with the leader substantially flattened against the elongate surface into the second chamber portion from the first chamber portion.
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