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US 3,938,170 AGranted
Still camera with expansible housing
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorsAlfred Winkler, Dieter Engelsmann, Rolf Schroder
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AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorsAlfred Winkler, Dieter Engelsmann, Rolf Schroder
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A flat still camera wherein a hollow section of the housing is reciprocable relative to the main section to thereby actuate the shutter and/or the film transporting mechanism. When the hollow section is moved to an extended position in which it exposes the lens and the view finder, the two sections define a slot into which a careless user is likely to introduce a finger, an eyelash or an eyelid while holding the camera in front of his eye and while moving the two sections with respect to each other. The rear end of the slot is closed by a portion of a door which is pivotably mounted on the main section and can be opened to afford access to the film chamber. Alternatively, the slot can be overlapped by a panel which is rigid with the main section or with the hollow section of the housing.
In a photographic apparatus, particularly in a still camera, a combination comprising a housing having a rear side and including a first section and a second section which is supported by and is reciprocable relative to said first section between first and second positions in which one of said sections respectively conceals and exposes a portion of the other of said sections, said first and second sections respectively having first and second walls which are spaced apart in at least one of said positions of said second section whereby said walls define at least one slot;
In a photographic apparatus, particularly in a still camera, a combination comprising a housing including a first section and a second section which is supported by and is reciprocable relative to said first section between first and second positions in which one of said sections respectively conceals and exposes a portion of the other of said sections, said first and second sections respectively having first and second walls which are spaced apart in at least one of said positions of said second section whereby said walls define at least one slot and said first section further having a front wall and a rear end face facing away from said front wall;
In a photographic apparatus, particularly in a still camera, a combination comprising a housing including a first section and a second section which is supported by and is reciprocable relative to said first section between first and second positions in which one of said sections respectively conceals and exposes a portion of the other of said sections, said first and second sections respectively having first and second walls which are spaced apart in at least one of said positions of said second section whereby said walls define at least one slot, one of said sections having a door having a length which equals the combined length of said sections, as considered in the direction of reciprocatory movement of said second section, when said second section assumes said first position;
In a photographic apparatus, particularly in a still camera, a combination comprising a housing including a first section and a second section which is supported by and is reciprocable relative to said first section between first and second positions in which said second section respectively conceals and exposes a portion of said first section, said first and second sections respectively having first and second walls which are spaced apart in at least one of said positions of said second section whereby said walls define at least one slot, a view finder provided in said first section, said first section further having a third wall provided with an opening which registers with said view finder and is exposed in said second position of said second section;
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