Photography – Camera detail – Body structure or housing
Reexamination Certificate
1998-07-02
2001-05-08
Mathews, Alan A. (Department: 2851)
Photography
Camera detail
Body structure or housing
C396S486000, C396S535000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06229966
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a camera, and more particularly to a structural arrangement developed for reduction in size of the camera.
2. Description of Related Art
In some of known cameras, in order to reduce the size thereof, a part of a wall portion which encompasses a spool chamber containing a film take-up spool therein is formed with a lens-barrel constituting member which constitutes a photo-taking lens barrel. Further, there are known cameras the size of which in the width direction is reduced by mounting on the lens-barrel constituting member a pressing means such as a roller for pressing the film against the film take-up spool to smoothly wind the film onto the spool.
However, such a structural arrangement applies only to a camera having a suitable lens-barrel constituting member which constitutes a zoom mechanism or a lens-barrel stowing (withdrawing) mechanism, and is hardly applicable to cameras not having such a lens-barrel constituting member.
In the case of cameras of the kind having no lens-barrel constituting member, if the whole wall portion of the spool chamber is formed with a camera body and, in addition, a shutter mechanism, etc., are mounted on the camera body, the size of the camera in the width direction tends to become large.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a camera in which at least a part of a wall portion of at least one of a film take-up spool chamber and a film-cartridge loading chamber is formed with a shutter mechanism, so that the size of the camera can be reduced.
The above and other aspects of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5585876 (1996-12-01), Kobayashi
patent: 5875369 (1999-02-01), Yamashina et al.
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Mathews Alan A.
Robin Blecker & Daley
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