Photography – Camera detail – Detachable or removable film holder unit
Patent
1996-10-18
1998-04-14
Gray, David M.
Photography
Camera detail
Detachable or removable film holder unit
396515, G03B 1726
Patent
active
057404879
ABSTRACT:
A photographic film cassette has a rotatable spool on which photographic film is wound. A leader of the photographic film is advanced outward through a passage port by rotation of the spool in an unwinding direction. A shutter rod is arranged in the passage port, and is rotated between closed and open positions. When assuming the closed position, the shutter rod blocks the passage port to shield the ambient light. When the shutter rod assumes the open position, the photographic film is allowed to pass. An externally operable locking lever regulates rotation of the shutter rod, and is swingable with resilience between a locking position, where the shutter rod is locked in the closed position, and an unlocking position, where the shutter rod is unlocked. When the spool is rotated, the lever rotates the shutter rod to the open position. An exposure status indicating device is arranged on an end face of a cassette shell, and has a pointer, which points a plurality of indicative areas and indicates the present status of the photographic film.
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Kaya Akimasa
Takatori Tetsuya
Fuji Photo Film Co. , Ltd.
Gray David M.
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