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US 4,050,796 AGranted
Motion picture camera presenting a foldable grip
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshio Komine
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a motion picture camera presenting a grip which can be folded from the operation state for bearing the camera body into the loaded state, being characterized in that the camera presents a rotation shaft of the grip parallel to the optical axis of the photographic lens and a release button for the camera release coaxially to the rotation shaft of the grip.
Claims17
A motion picture camera comprising:
- A. a camera body including a bottom wall and a side wall;
- B. a grip adapted for holding a camera, said grip being constructed independently of said camera body;
- C. link means for pivoting said grip rotatably on said camera body, said link means being provided with a mounting orifice, said grip being pivoted rotatably on said camera body by said link means between a first position protruding outwardly from said camera body generally outstanding from said bottom wall thereof and a second position where said grip is folded along said side wall of said camera body;
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- D. actuating means adapted to actuate said camera, said actuating means being attached to said link means through said mounting orifice thereof to be slidable along said mounting orifice in response to manual operation for actuating said camera.
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A motion picture camera comprising:
- A. a camera body;
- B. a grip adapted for holding said camera, said grip constructed to be independent of said camera body and provided with a first through hole at a part thereof;
- C. a hollowed cylindrical means corresponding to said first through hole of the grip for pivotally mounting said grip to said camera body, said cylindrical means being provided with a second through hole and attached to said camera body by being inserted through the first through hole of said grip;
- said grip being pivoted rotatably between a first position protruding outright from the camera body at a portion on the bottom wall thereof and the second position where said grip is folded along a portion on a side wall of the camera body in cooperation with engagement of said cylindricl means within said first through hole;
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- D. actuating means adapted for actuating said camera, said actuating means being mounted on the cylindrical means by being inserted through said second through hole of said cylindrical means to be slidable along said second through hole in response to a manual operation for actuating said camera.
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A motion picture camera comprising:
- A. a camera body, said camera body being provided at a portion thereof with a first through hole;
- B. a grip adapted for holding a camera, said grip constructed to be independent of said camera body;
- C. a hollowed cylindrical means corresponding to said first through hole of the camera body for pivotally mounting said grip on said camera body, said cylindrical means being provided with a second through hole and being attached to said grip to be inserted through the first through hole of the camera body, said grip being pivotally mounted on said camera body to be rotatable between a first position protruding outright from the camera body at a portion on the bottom wall thereof and a second position where said grip is folded along the camera body at a portion on a side wall thereof in cooperation with engagement of said cylindrical means within said first through hole of the camera body;
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- D. actuating means adapted for actuating said camera, said actuating means being mounted on the cylindrical means to be inserted through the second through hole of said cylindrical means and to be slidable along said second through hole in response to a manual operation for actuating said camera.
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A motion picture camera comprising:
- A. a camera body, said camera body being provided at one part thereof with a first through hole;
- B. a grip adapted for holding said camera;
- said grip being provided at one portion thereof with a second through hole corresponding to said first through hole of said camera body, and being constructed to be independent of said camera body, furher being attached to the camera body at one part thereof so as to arrange said second through hole to be in alignment with said first through hole;
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- C. actuating means adapted for actuating said camera, said actuating means being equipped to be inserted through said second through hole of the grip and said first through hole of the camera body so as to be slidable along said first and second through holes in response to manual operation for actuating said camera,
- said grip being pivoted to said camera body at one part thereof to be rotatable between a first position protruding outright from the camera body at a portion on the bottom wall thereof and a second position where said grip is folded along the camera body at a portion on a side wall thereof in cooperation with at least one portion of said actuating means.
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A motion picture camera comprising:
- A. a camera body provided with
- a shutter mechanism and
- a projecting portion protruding from an outer wall of the camera body, said projecting portion having a first through hole;
- B. a grip adapted for holding the camera, said grip being provided at one portion thereof with a second through hole corresponding to said first through hole of said projecting portion, and being constructed to be independent of said camera body, further being attached to the camera body at the projecting portion thereof so as to arrange said second through hole to be in alignment with said first through hole;
- C. a hollowed cylindrical means for pivotally mounting said grip to be rotatable to said camera body on the projecting portion thereof, said cylindrical means being provided with a third through hole and being attached to the camera body at the projecting portion thereof to be inserted through said first through hole of said projecting portion and said second through hole of the grip;
- said grip being pivotally mounted on said camera body at the projecting portion thereof to be rotatable between a first position protruding outright from the camera body at a part on the bottom wall thereof and a second position where said grip is folded along the camera body at a part on a side wall thereof in cooperation with engagement of said cylindrical means within said first and second through holes;
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- D. manually operable trigger means adapted for triggering the camera, said trigger means being provided with a sliding member for triggering said shutter mechanism, said sliding member being equipped on the cylindrical means to be inserted through the third through hole of said cylindrical means and being slidable along said third through hole for triggering said shutter mechanism in response to said manual operation for triggering the camera.
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A motion picture camera comprising:
- A. a camera body being provided with a picture-taking lens having an optical axis;
- a shutter mechanism;
- and a projecting portion protruding from the camera body at a part on the bottom wall thereof, said projecting portion having a first through hole substantially in parallel with the optical axis of said picture-taking lens;
- B. a grip adapted for holding the camera, said grip being povided at one portion thereof with a second through hole corresponding to said first through hole of said projecting portion, and being constructed to be independent of said camera body, further being attached to the camera body at the projecting portion thereof so as to arrange said second through hole to be in alignment with said first through hole;
- a hollowed cylindrical means for pivotally mounting said grip to be rotatable to said camera body on the projecting portion thereof, said cylindrical means being provided with a third through hole and being attached to the camera body at the projecting portion thereof to be inserted through said first through hole of said projecting portion and said second through hole of the grip;
- said grip being pivotally mounted on said camera body at the projecting portion thereof to be rotatable between a first position protruding outright from the camera body at a part on the bottom wall thereof and a second position where said grip is folded along the camera body at a part on a side wall thereof with the help of engagement of said cylindrical means within said first and second through holes;
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- D. manually operable trigger means adapted for triggering the camera, said trigger means being provided with a sliding member for triggering said shutter mechanism, said sliding member being equipped on the cylindrical means to be inserted through the third through hole of said cylindrical means and being slidable along said third through hole for triggering said shutter mechanism in response to said manual operation for triggering the camera.
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A motion picture camera comprising:
- a camera body;
- lens means;
- a foldable grip member having a generally longitudinal configuration with a first and a second end adapted to be gripped by an operator during an operation of said camera;
- link means rotatably mounting said grip member at said first end upon said camera body for pivotal movement about a pivotal axis between a first pivotal position where said grip may be held by an operator to support said camera during operation thereof and a second pivotal position;
- said grip being configured to extend longitudinally outwardly from said camera body with said second end remote therefrom when in said first pivotal position and to extend alongside said camera body in close proximity thereto when in said second pivotal position;
- film transport means located within said camera for transporting film therethrough in operative relationship with said lens means;
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- actuating means for controlling operation of said film transport means to start and stop operation of said camera;
- said actuating means comprising an elongated rod mounted to extend concentrically with said grip member pivot axis coaxially therewith;
- said elongated rod having a first end located exteriorly of said camera to constitute a push button which may be depressed and released by an operator to start and stop said camera and a second end engaging said actuating means interiorly of said camera to effect starting and stopping of said film transport means in dependence upon the position of said elongated rod.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.