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US 5,694,630 AGranted
Compact shutter release/film drive
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsEdward Norman Balling, David Clinton Smart
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Abstract
A camera includes a depressible shutter release, and a film drive gear in which the shutter release and the film moving element have respective coaxial mechanisms for coaxially engaging one another only when the shutter release is depressed. In a preferred embodiment, the shutter release is part of a pivotable trigger which supports a drive spline which engages a film driving gear only when the shutter release is depressed.
Claims13
A camera comprising:
- a depressible shutter release;
- and
- a film moving element;
- said shutter release and said film moving element having respective coaxial means for coaxially engaging one another only when the shutter release is depressed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.