Photography – Underwater – waterproof – or water-resistant camera
Patent
1997-01-24
1999-12-14
Lee, Eddie C.
Photography
Underwater, waterproof, or water-resistant camera
396 29, 396536, 396539, G03B 1708, G03B 1702
Patent
active
06002884&
ABSTRACT:
A waterproof mechanism for cartridge holder 4 that moves between a housed position inside the camera body and a cartridge reception/removal position at which the cartridge insertion opening is exposed outside the camera body, wherein elastic sealing member 5, which comprises flat part 51 that is sandwiched between cartridge holder 4 and holder cover 6 when the latter is attached to the former and seal area 55 that is located along the edges of said flat part 51 and extends next to and all around the edges of the holder cover and that creates a watertight seal between the camera body and holder cover 6 when the cartridge holder is in the housed position, the flat part 51 and seal area 55 being integrally formed as one unit, is placed such that said elastic sealing member 5 will be sandwiched between cartridge holder 4 and holder cover 6 when the latter is attached to the former.
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Kawaji Tomohiko
Okumura Koichi
Lee Eddie C.
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
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