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Apparatus for closing a film gate in a film cartridge in a single-use camera

US6035127A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 1998
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateSep 11, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2219/045
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The single-use camera has a main body in which is housed the film cartridge and around which a cover member is formed. On the main body of the camera is a closure and a spring which are used to close the light-shield cover in the film gate of the cartridge when the cover is opened to remove the film cartridge.

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