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US 4,375,323 AGranted
Waterproof housing for camera
AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuhiko Inagaki, Takashi Iwata, Tetsuro Oya, Toshinori Imura
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AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuhiko Inagaki, Takashi Iwata, Tetsuro Oya, Toshinori Imura
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A camera water-tight housing includes a hollow body member having a rectangular rear access opening delineated by the rear borders of the body member walls and a rectangular transparent lid having grooves formed in its inside face along its long sides. Each groove includes opposing faces, the inside faces being stepped and a resilient packing engages the face stepped portions and is retained therein by the borders of a pressure plate secured to the lid inside face. In the housing closed condition, the wall end borders along the opening long sides engages the lid grooves between the backing and the groove outer faces to compress the packing and effects a water-tight seal. Locking members are provided on the body member end walls and include hook portions for engaging tabs projecting from the lid to lock it in its closed position and cams for engaging the tabs and ejecting the lid when the members are rotated to separate the hook portions from the tabs. A camera mechanism is located in the housing and includes separate covers for the film and battery chambers, the covers being locked in closed position by the lid carried pressure plate in the housing closed condition.
A waterproof housing structure for cameras comprising:
A waterproof housing structure for cameras comprising:
A water-tight housing comprising a pair of separably coupled housing members which in their coupled condition delineate a housing cavity and in their uncoupled condition provide access to said cavity through an opening formed in one of said members, a first coupling section extending along a border of said opening and a second coupling section located on said other member, one of said coupling sections including a groove having opposing first and second faces and the other said coupling sections including a tongue having an end face, an inside face facing said cavity and an opposite outside side face and projecting into and extending along said groove with said tongue outside side face in substantially parallel face-to-face engagement with said groove first face in the coupled condition of said members and a resilient packing superimposed on said inside face of said tongue and with said tongue being embraced between said groove opposing faces to compress said packing in the coupled condition of said members.
A water-tight housing comprising a pair of separably coupled housing members which in their coupled condition delineate a housing cavity, one of said housing members including a hollow member having a rectangular access opening in an end thereof and a tongue extending along a long side of said opening and the other of said housing members including a rectangular lid having a groove with opposing faces formed in its inside face and extending along a long border thereof and in the coupled condition of said housing members closing said opening with said tongue projecting into and extending along said groove, means for releasably locking said housing members in coupled condition, a resilient packing superimposed on a face of said tongue with said tongue being embraced between said groove opposing faces to compress said packing in the coupled condition of said housing members, a film cartridge chamber located in said hollow member and having a rear opening, an auxilliary cover separably closing said rear opening and a pressure plate mounted on the inside face of said lid and bearing on and retaining said cover in closed condition in the coupled condition of said housing members.
A waterproof camera comprising:
A waterproof housing structure for cameras comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.