Photography – Camera detail – Body structure or housing
Patent
1997-10-29
1999-02-16
Blankenship, Howard B.
Photography
Camera detail
Body structure or housing
396536, G03B 1702
Patent
active
058730087
ABSTRACT:
A camera film-loading door interlock mechanism includes a film-loading door movable between a closed position and an open position to provide access to a film compartment in the camera. A door latch has an active state retaining the film-loading door in its closed position and an inactive state permitting movement of the film-loading door to its open position. A door un-latching mechanism is movable along a predetermined path to set the door latch in its inactive state, and a locking lever is selectively movable into the path of the door un-latching mechanism to prevent the door un-latching mechanism from setting the door latch in its inactive state. A bi-stable structure selectively moves the locking lever into the path of the door un-latching mechanism. The door un-latching mechanism includes a slide lever, slidably movable along the predetermined path to set the door latch in its inactive state, and a slide lever stop movable with the slide lever. The locking lever is selectively movable into the path of the slide lever stop. The bi-stable structure includes a rotatable cam and an electromagnetic member for selectively rotating the cam to a position causing the locking lever to move into the path of the door un-latching mechanism against a resilient bias.
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Blankenship Howard B.
Eastman Kodak Company
Sales Milton S.
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