Patent · US Expired

Film loader

US5440364A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 6, 1994
Grant dateAug 8, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 6, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/268
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A film loader of the present invention is located in a camera body, and made up of a Patrone housing into which a Patrone is inserted along a direction of a film spool, and a leader housing that is formed as part of the Patrone housing and stores a film leader coming out of a Patrone. Herein, the Patrone housing and the leader housing can move freely between a storage position at which the Patrone housing and leader housing are stored in the camera body, and a projecting position at which the Patrone housing projects from a side face of the camera body and the leader housing projects from the rear face of the camera body.

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