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AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Negishi, Keiji Uchiyama, Mitsuro Kamata, Toshio Sata, Machiko Sata, Kazuyoshi Sata, Akio Sata
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A camera casing-of the present invention is an integral two-color molded product whose case main body (32) consists of a transparent rigid resin layer (32a) and an opaque rigid resin layer (32b). Essential parts of the camera are exposed through the transparent resin layer (32a), so the camera may be operated from outside the casing. The casing is collected and melted as a whole without discriminating between the transparent rigid resin and the opaque rigid resin, to be recycled as a material for the opaque resin layer (32b) when the case main body is newly formed by two-color injection molding.
A method of recycling a casing for a camera that consists of transparent portions disposed in front of at least those parts of the camera which need to be exposed to external light and opaque or semi-transparent portions covering other parts of the camera, wherein the transparent portions and the opaque or semi-transparent portions are formed respectively from a transparent rigid resin and an opaque or semi-transparent rigid resin by two-color injection molding, characterized in that:
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