Patent · US Expired

Single-use camera with combined lens holder and cover for cassette chamber

US5400098A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 23, 1994
Grant dateMar 21, 1995
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Expiry dateFeb 23, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B19/04
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A single-use camera has a main body with a lens opening for a taking lens and a cassette chamber which contains a film cassette. According to the invention, a front cover light-tightly seals the cassette chamber and has a lens holder for holding the taking lens in place relative to the lens opening, but can be separated from the main body to access the taking lens and to open the cassette chamber for removing the film cassette from the cassette chamber.

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