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US 4,903,058 AGranted
Re-usable electronic flash unit for disposable single-use camera
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorJoseph J. Schappler
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AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorJoseph J. Schappler
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A disposable single-use camera is generally of the type wherein an inner camera part is pre-loaded with film and includes a taking lens, and an outer sealed pack contains the camera part and has an opening for the taking lens. The inner camera part has flash synchronization access ports and the outer sealed pack is constructed of a perforable material which overlays the access ports. An accessory re-usable electronic flash unit intended for use with the disposable camera includes electrically conductive flash synchronization pins shaped to perforate the outer sealed pack to enter the access ports in order to connect the flash unit to the disposable camera. The flash synchronization pins are supported on a folding arm which is foldable to a storage position to make the flash unit compact and to conceal the pins when the flash unit is not connected to the disposable camera.
An improved accessry re-usable electronic flash unit intended for use with a disposable single-use camera comprising an (a) inner camera part pre-loaded with film and including a taking lens, a shutter, and flash synchronization access ports, and (b) an outer sealed perforable pack containing said camera part and having an opening for said taking lens, wherein said flash unit has electrically conductive flash synchronization pins shaped to perforate said outer sealed pack to enter said access ports in order to connect the flash unit to said inner camera part, and wherein the improvement comprises:
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