Collapsible disposable camera
AssigneeJames D. Sorg
InventorsRichard K. Reed, James R. Reed, James D. Sorg
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Abstract
A disposable camera constructed to produce a single photograph and to collapse to a stored position. A top wall and bottom wall are spaced apart by a pair of inwardly folding side walls and a pair of outwardly folding side walls. A negative is slidably mounted adjacent the back wall and is alignable with a photographic paper slidably mounted against one side wall and to the top wall. A shutter is moveable across an aperture in the front wall to allow light to pass to the negative. A pair of rollers are mounted to the camera box with the photographic paper and negative moving therebetween developing the photograph on the paper.
Claims16
A disposable camera comprising:
- a camera box having an aperture and being moveable between a collapsed position and an erected position;
- a lens mounted over said aperture;
- shutter means mounted to said box adjacent said aperture and operable to open and close said aperture allowing light therethrough;
- photographic paper within said box;
- photographic negative within said box having a light developable surface facing said aperture;
- and,
- first guide means mounted within said box and engaged with said photographic paper operable to position said paper in a flat, uncreased condition adjacent said light developable surface and between said aperture and said surface when in said collapsed position and to move said paper away from said surface allowing an unobstructed view from said aperture to said surface when in said erected position.
A disposable camera comprising;
- a collapsible camera box including a front wall with aperture, a box wall with an interior negative guide and foldable side walls connecting said front wall to said back wall, one side wall having an interior photographic paper guide attached thereto;
- a lens mounted to said front wall and aligned with said aperture;
- shutter means mounted to said front wall and operable to open and close said aperture;
- photographic negative slidably mounted to said negative guide to receive a light image from said aperture;
- and,
- photographic paper slidably mounted to said paper guide and positioned atop said negative between said aperture and negative when said box is collapsed and positioned away therefrom against said one side wall and said top wall when said box is erected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.