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Apparatus provided with a cartridge indicating mechanism

US5697007A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 21, 1996
Grant dateDec 9, 1997
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Expiry dateFeb 21, 2016

Classification

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

Abstract

An apparatus is provided which comprises a cartridge chamber into which a film cartridge is loaded in the direction of its longitudinal axis, an eject member that can move between a housing position, at which the film cartridge loaded in the film cartridge chamber is held inside the film cartridge chamber, and a take-out position, at which the film cartridge that is loaded is projected out through an insertion opening of the cartridge chamber, a connecting member than can move between a connecting position at which the eject member located at the housing position is prevented from moving to the take-out position and a connection release position at which the eject member is allowed to move to the take-out position, and an indicating mechanism that indicates whether or not the film cartridge is loaded inside the cartridge chamber with the movement of the connecting member.

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