Photography – Camera detail – Body structure or housing
Patent
1998-02-03
1999-06-22
Gray, David M.
Photography
Camera detail
Body structure or housing
396538, G03B 1724
Patent
active
059151420
ABSTRACT:
A camera comprising a chamber for receiving a film cartridge, a door supported for closing movement to cover the chamber and for opening movement to uncover the chamber, and an extracting mechanism connected with the door for pulling the film cartridge at least part way out of the chamber when the door is opened, is characterized in that the extracting mechanism includes an engaging member adapted to engage a protruding spool end of the film cartridge, to permit the engaging member to tilt the film cartridge out of the chamber when the door is opened. Preferably, the engaging member has a partially enclosed catch-space configured to receive the protruding spool end of the film cartridge in order to engage the protruding spool end.
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Eastman Kodak Company
Fields Roger A.
Gray David M.
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