One-time-use camera with built-in flash-every-exposure device incrementally destroyed after each exposure
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorPaul Teremy
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Abstract
A one-time-use camera comprising a filmstrip to be successively exposed in the camera is characterized in that frangible members in the camera operate in conjunction with successive exposure of the filmstrip and are capable of being incrementally destroyed after each exposure of the filmstrip to prevent reuse of the frangible members, when the filmstrip is completely exposed, and a breaking device independent of the frangible members incrementally destroys the frangible members after each exposure of the filmstrip.
Claims9
A one-time-use camera comprising a filmstrip to be successively exposed in said camera, is characterized in that:
- a frangible component in said camera operates in conjunction with successive exposure of said filmstrip and is capable of being incrementally destroyed after each exposure of the filmstrip to prevent reuse of said frangible component when the filmstrip is completely exposed;
- a breaking cutter incrementally destroys the frangible component after each exposure of said filmstrip;
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- said frangible component and said breaking cutter are supported for movement of one relative to the other after each exposure of said filmstrip to allow the breaking cutter to incrementally destroy the frangible component.
A method of preventing reuse of a one-time-use camera in which a filmstrip is to be successively exposed, comprising the steps of:
- operating a frangible component in the camera each time the filmstrip is exposed;
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- moving one of the frangible component and a breaking cutter relative to the other after each exposure of the filmstrip for the cutter to incrementally destroy the frangible component to prevent reuse of the frangible component when the filmstrip is completely exposed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.