US 5,177,518 AGranted

Film cartridge support in a camera

AssigneeMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsToshihiko Taniguchi, Akio Miyata, Tomohiro Higuchi, Hunichi Tanii

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Abstract

A film cartridge support in a photographic camera is provided in a film chamber which holds a film cartridge. The support includes a stopper for limiting the rotation of the film cartridge around a shaft of the film cartridge, and the stopper is supported for rotation in a direction approximately parallel to a surface of a film set on the camera. A modification of the support can include a block portion on the support extending across the lower end of the film chamber to prevent incorrect insertion of the film cartridge into the film chamber. A cut portion which is large enough to allow insertion of an operator's finger may be provided at the top end of the film chamber to allow easier insertion and removal of the film cartridge into and from the film chamber.

Claims13

Dependent claims

A mechanism for supporting a film cartridge inside of a film chamber of a camera body which has a rewinding member for rewinding a film of the film cartridge, said rewinding member remaining unretracted into said camera body prior to reception of the film cartridge into said film chamber, said mechanism comprising:

stopper means for regulating rotation of the film cartridge around a shaft of the film cartridge;
a block member arranged at a position between said rewinding member and a back cover side of said film chamber extending across said film chamber, said block member preventing said film cartridge from being inserted into said film chamber along a direction perpendicular to the shaft of the film cartridge, thereby allowing the film cartridge to be obliquely inserted into the film chamber so that an end portion of the film cartridge overreaches said block member and leading said film cartridge so that said shaft of the film cartridge is fitted into said rewinding member;
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a space of said film chamber for facilitating the insertion of said film cartridge into said film chamber over said block member, said space being formed in an end portion of said film chamber positioned on a side thereof opposite said rewinding member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.