Film guide device in a camera

In a camera provided with an openable and closable back lid, and a loading device for automatically taking up around a take-up spool a film leader portion drawn out of a film cartridge loaded into a film supply chamber, said film leader portion being formed by partially cutting away one side edge of said film, a film guide device comprising:

• a pair of guide rails including first and second rails arranged on first and second lines, respectively, extending along the opposite sides of the film moved from said film cartridge toward said take-up spool, said first rail having a sufficient height in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the film to contact said one side edge of the film, said second rail having a sufficient height in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the film to contact the other side edge of the film;
• a projection member provided on said first line and substantially intermediately of said film cartridge and said take-up spool, said projection member being projected higher than said first rail in said perpendicular direction;
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• a plate member having a flat surface for contacting said first and second rails when said back lid is closed and forming a film passage channel between said first and second rails and said flat surface, and a recess provided at a location corresponding to said projection member, said recess being of a sufficient size to receive said projection member therein.