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Imprinting apparatus for use in a camera

US5937217A · kind A · utility

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40Claims
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Filing dateJan 25, 1993
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2013

Classification

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

Abstract

An imprinting apparatus for use in a camera having an imprinting device including a date information imprinting mode for imprinting date information, time information, or the like on a recording medium, and a message information imprinting mode for imprinting message information formed of alphanumeric characters, graphic designs or the like, or a message in the message information in one language being changed into a message in a different language if necessary, and an operating device for performing different operations on the imprinting device using the same operating member with respect to each of the date information imprinting mode and the message information imprinting mode.

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