Electronic flash with flashtube retention strap
AssigneePolaroid Corporation
InventorsDonato F. Pizzuti, Narvous Stamps, Jr.
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Abstract
An electronic flashtube is fixedly mounted to a reflector housing by an elongated elastomeric strap having openings therethrough at opposite ends thereof for engaging respectively the opposite end portions of the flashtube which extend from the reflector housing. The elongated strap extends across the exterior of the reflector housing so as to yieldably bias the flashtube toward that portion of the reflector housing across which the strap extends.
Claims8
In an electronic flash of the type having a reflector housing with two opposed side wall sections arranged to define an open ended cavity wherein each of the side wall sections includes an opening therethrough, an elongated flashtube disposed within the cavity such that the opposite end portions thereof extend respectively through the openings in the side walls, and a light reflective surface located interiorly of the reflector housing so as to reflect light through the open end of the cavity, the improvement comprising:
- an elongated elastomeric strap having openings therethrough at opposite ends thereof for engaging respectively the opposite end portions of the flashtube which extend through the side wall openings, said strap extending across the exterior of the reflector housing between the side walls so as to yieldably bias the flash tube toward the portion of the reflector housing across which said strap extends.
An electronic flash comprising:
- a reflector housing including two opposed side wall sections arranged to define an open ended cavity, each of said side wall sections including an opening therethrough;
- an elongated flashtube disposed within said cavity such that the opposite end portions thereof extend respectively through the openings in said side walls;
- a light reflective surface located interiorly of the reflector housing so as to reflect light through the open end of said cavity;
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- an elongated elastomeric strap having openings therethrough at opposite ends thereof for engaging respectively the opposite end portions of said flashtube which extend through said side wall openings, said strap extending across the exterior of said reflector housing between said side walls so as to yieldably bias said flashtube toward the portion of said reflector housing across which said strap extends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.