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Manual drive control system for a camera

US6132111A · kind A · utility

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22Claims
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Filing dateAug 10, 1998
Grant dateOct 17, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B29/00
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A manual film drive control system for a camera having a manual film drive, the control system comprising a film drive actuation means (85) and a film drive direction switch (90), the film drive actuation means being movable in two directions, movement in the first direction causing the film drive to move in a film advance direction and movement in a second direction causing the film drive to move in a film rewind direction, the film drive direction switch being moveable between a film advance mode in which it allows the film drive actuation means to move in the first direction but not in the second direction and a film rewind mode in which it allows the drive actuation means to move in the second direction, but not in the first direction.

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