Photography – Camera detail – Lens cover
Patent
1998-03-10
1999-08-24
Blankenship, Howard B.
Photography
Camera detail
Lens cover
396543, G03B 1700
Patent
active
059435216
ABSTRACT:
A camera comprising a particular device (such as an electronic flash unit) that requires electrical energy to operate, a power switch capable of being changed from a normal state to a working state in order to provide electrical power to the device and biased to return to the normal state, and a protective cover (such as a lens cover) that changes the power switch from the normal state to the working state as the protective cover is moved from being closed to being open, is characterized in that the protective cover is supported for manual movement when open, without being moved to close, to change the power switch from the normal state to the working state when the power switch has returned to the normal state.
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DeCecca Michael L.
Lamphron Mark A.
Blankenship Howard B.
Eastman Kodak Company
Fields Roger A.
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