Safety-latching mechanism for a camera magazine, and camera and magazine provided with such a mechanism

A safety-latching mechanism for latching a magazine relative to a camera body which is subject to high acceleration, said magazine being separable from the camera body, characterized in that;

• the magazine is fixed to the camera body at three fixing points;
• a first fixing point comprises a combination of a centering cam within a bore, the cam being fixed to one of either the magazine or the camera body and the bore being formed in the other of either the magazine or the camera body;
• a second fixing point comprises a latching device, pivotably mounted on the camera body, and a supporting plate mounted on the magazine, said supporting plate having an insertion surface and a blocking surface which form an angle between each other, said latching device being spring biased to contact the insertion surface during insertion of the magazine and to contact the blocking surface after insertion of the magazine onto the camera body;
• and the mechanism further comprises
• a cam, rotatably mounted on the camera body, for urging the latching device against the blocking surface in the direction of the camera body after the magazine has been latched onto the camera body.