Patent · US Expired

Camera back

US5893652A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateJun 20, 1997
Grant dateApr 13, 1999
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/243
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera back comprising a light emitting device for recording information on a filmstrip in conjunction with picture-taking, and a film support for ensuring the shape of the filmstrip when information is recorded on the filmstrip, is characterized in that the film support has a plurality of parallel curved film ribs integral with the camera back for shaping the filmstrip in a curve, a recording opening is formed in the camera back adjacent one of the curved film ribs, and the light emitting device has a flat light emitting face positioned over the recording opening at an acute angle with respect to the one film rib.

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