Method of recycling one-time-use camera
US6088530A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 11, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B2219/045
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of recycling a spent one-time-use camera that originally includes a pair of front and rear cover parts and a main body part having a chamber for a film cartridge, and which has had corresponding bottom portions of the front and rear cover parts and the main body part cut off to provide an opening for removing the film cartridge from the chamber, comprises the steps: PA1 cutting off a further portion of the main body part in the vicinity of the first cut that was made to provide the opening for removing the film cartridge from the chamber, in order to provide an attachment edge along the main body part; PA1 assembling a sacrificial bottom portion to the main body part at the attachment edge to replace the bottom and further portions that were cut off the main body part; PA1 loading a fresh cartridge in the chamber; and PA1 assembling new front and rear cover parts without corresponding bottom portions being cut off to the main body part, in order to complete a recycled camera, PA1 whereby after the recycled camera is used the sacrificial bottom portion can first be cut off spaced from the attachment edge when the corresponding bottom portions of the new front and rear cover…
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