US 5,394,213 AGranted

Easy-film-loading camera

AssigneeKonica Corporation

InventorsKiyoaki Hazama, Takemi Miyazaki, Noriyuki Kaedeoka

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Abstract

A camera for accommodating a film cartridge which includes a film being rolled on the axis in a lightproof condition. The camera includes; a cartridge chamber for receiving the film cartridge in the axial direction; an ejecting member for ejecting the film cartridge which is placed in the cartridge chamber; and a positioning member for positioning the film cartridge at a fixed position in the cartridge chamber; wherein the positioning member includes an engaging claw which is interchangeable between a first condition that the engaging claw is movable by a pressing force of the film cartridge while the film cartridge is inserted into the cartridge chamber by an operator, and a second condition, after insertion of the film cartridge into the cartridge chamber is completed, that the engaging claw is pushed by a spring member so that the engaging claw engages with a side end of the film cartridge.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A camera for accommodating a film cartridge having an axis wherein a film is rolled on the axis in a lightproof condition, comprising:

a cartridge chamber means for receiving said film cartridge in a direction of said axis of said film cartridge;
an ejecting means for ejecting said film cartridge which is placed in said cartridge chamber means;
and
a positioning means for positioning said film cartridge at a predetermined position in said cartridge chamber means;
wherein said positioning means includes an engaging member which is interchangeable between a first condition that said engaging member is movable by a pressing force of said film cartridge while said film cartridge is inserted into said cartridge chamber means, and a second condition, after insertion of said film cartridge into said cartridge chamber means is completed, that said engaging member is pushed by a spring member so that said engaging member engages with a side end of said film cartridge.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.