Multilamp photoflash assembly
AssigneeGTE Sylvania Incorporated
InventorsLester F. Anderson, deceased, John J. Vetere, William J. Harvey
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Abstract
A photoflash assembly which utilizes a plurality of percussive flashlamps in one region of the assembly's housing and a plurality of percussive flashlamps in a second region separate from the first. The lamps in the first region are fired when the striking mechanisms associated therewith are actuated by movable actuators, e.g., elongated preformed wires, which move in response to mechanical actuation from one of the housing's mounting structures. Lamps in the second region are subsequently fired when the striking mechanisms associated therewith are actuated by the movable actuators which move in response to mechanical actuation from another of the housing's mounting structures.
Claims12
A multilamp photoflash assembly comprising:
- an elongated housing defining first and second separate regions therein, said housing including a first mounting structure thereon located adjacent said first region and a second mounting structure thereon located adjacent said second region;
- a plurality of percussively-ignitable flashlamps positioned within each of said first and second regions;
- a plurality of pre-energized striking mechanisms positioned within each of said first and second regions, each of said striking mechanisms associated with a respective one of said flashlamps for firing said flashlamp upon actuation thereof;
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- actuation means movably positioned within said housing and extending through said first and second regions for actuating said striking mechanisms in said first region in response to a mechanical actuation input from said second mounting structure and for actuating said striking mechanisms in said second region in response to a mechanical actuation input from said first mounting structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.