Photography – Camera detail – Detachable or removable film holder unit
Patent
1995-12-06
1998-02-10
Lee, Eddie C.
Photography
Camera detail
Detachable or removable film holder unit
396514, 396535, 396538, G03B 1702
Patent
active
057179719
ABSTRACT:
A locking mechanism and method are provided for use in any photographic system which uses film cartridges. One embodiment includes a drive lever and an actuator which prevent movement of a slider door release, thus preventing unlocking of a film door when a film spool is improperly parked within a cartridge. Proper parking is determined by the position of a drive spindle, which operatively engages the film spool. In another embodiment, an actuator contacts a drive spindle and selectively engages a light lock driver. When the light lock driver is not engaged, the slider door release is moveable to unlock the film door. When the light lock driver is engaged, the slider door release is not moveable to unlock the film door. A user controlled mechanism may be included to properly park a film spool in the event that the photographic system improperly parks the film spool. An electro-mechanical switch may be included for properly parking the film spool. The parking switch may be used as a back-up mechanism and method to a sensor and radial bar code generally used to properly park the film spool. Or, the parking switch can be used as the primary mechanism and method for parking the film spool. Alternatively, a parking switch may be used to count the number of film spool rotations.
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Kuhn, Jr. Robert Louis
O'Leary Beth Andrews
Raymond Anthony Samuel
Stiehler Wayne Edward
Eastman Kodak Company
Howley David A.
Lee Eddie C.
Snee, III Charles E.
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