Single-use camera with retainer cap for scroll of unexposed film
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsMark August Stiehl, Jude Anthony SanGregory
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Abstract
A single-use camera includes an external housing (290, 292), within the housing a camera frame (100) having an exposure opening (102), a first chamber (104) on one side of the exposure opening for receiving a light-tight film cartridge (18) enclosing a filmstrip (36); and a second chamber (108) on an opposite side of the exposure opening for receiving a scroll (268) formed from a filmstrip, and a separate retainer cap (80; 210-216; 220-234) located in the second chamber for engaging an end of the scroll to prevent clock-springing of the scroll.
Claims6
A single-use camera including an external housing;
- a camera frame within the housing, the frame having an exposure opening;
- a first chamber on one side of the exposure opening;
- within the first chamber, a light-tight film cartridge enclosing a spool to which is attached a trailing end of a filmstrip:
- the filmstrip extending from the cartridge across the exposure opening;
- a second chamber on an opposite side of the exposure opening;
- and within the second chamber, a scroll formed from the filmstrip, is characterized by:
- a removable retainer cap located and fixed against rotation in the second chamber and engaged with an end of the scroll, for preventing clock-springing of the scroll, wherein the retainer cap comprises:
- a base for engaging an end of the second chamber;
- abutment means supported by the base plate for engaging the end of the scroll to prevent clock-springing;
- and
- means for permitting a filmstrip to move past the abutment means during formation of the scroll and operation of the camera;
- wherein the abutment means comprises a curved wall extended outward from the base;
- and the means for permitting comprises an opening in the curved wall.
A single-use camera including an external housing;
- a camera frame within the housing, the frame having an exposure opening;
- a first chamber on one side of the exposure opening;
- within the first chamber, a light-tight film cartridge enclosing a spool to which is attached a trailing end of a filmstrip;
- the filmstrip extending from the cartridge across the exposure opening;
- a second chamber on an opposite side of the exposure opening;
- and seated within the second chamber, a scroll formed from the filmstrip, is characterized by:
- a removable retainer cap located and fixed against rotation in the second chamber and engaged with an end of the scroll, for preventing clock-springing of the scroll;
- wherein the retainer cap comprises:
- a base for engaging an end of the second chamber;
- abutment means supported by the base plate for engaging the end of the scroll to prevent clock-springing;
- and means for permitting a filmstrip to move past the abutment means during formation of the scroll and operation of the camera;
- and wherein the abutment means comprises a plurality of segments extended outward from the base;
- and the means for permitting comprises an opening between a pair of the segments.
A single-use camera including an external housing;
- a camera frame within the housing, the frame having an exposure opening;
- a first chamber on one side of the exposure opening;
- within the first chamber, a light-tight film cartridge enclosing a spool to which is attached a trailing end of a filmstrip;
- the filmstrip extending from the cartridge across the exposure opening;
- a second chamber on an opposite side of the exposure opening;
- and within the second chamber, a scroll formed from the filmstrip, is characterized by:
- a removable retainer cap located and fixed against rotation in the second chamber and engaged with an end of the scroll, for preventing clock-springing of the scroll, wherein the retainer cap comprises:
- a base for engaging an end of the second chamber;
- abutment means supported by the base plate for engaging the end of the scroll to prevent clock-springing;
- and
- means for permitting a filmstrip to move past the abutment means during formation of the scroll and operation of the camera;
- the camera further characterized in that the second chamber includes opposite end walls separated by a distance greater than a combined length of the scroll and the retainer cap and an arcuate wall extending between the opposite end walls, the arcuate wall including a support rail for engaging the scroll near an end of the scroll opposite the retainer cap.
A single-use camera including an external housing, within the housing a camera frame having an exposure opening, a first chamber on one side of the exposure opening for receiving a light-tight film cartridge enclosing a filmstrip;
- and a second chamber on an opposite side of the exposure opening for receiving a scroll formed from a filmstrip, is characterized by:
- a removable retainer cap located and fixed against rotation in the second chamber for engaging an end of the scroll to prevent clock-springing of the scroll,
- wherein the retainer cap comprises:
- a base for engaging an end of the second chamber;
- abutment means supported by the base for engaging the end of the scroll to prevent clock-springing;
- and
- means for permitting a filmstrip to move past the abutment means during formation of the scroll and operation of the camera;
- wherein the abutment means comprises a curved wall extended outward from the base;
- and the means for permitting comprises an opening in the curved wall.
A single-use camera including an external housing, within the housing a camera frame having an exposure opening, a first chamber on one side of the exposure opening for receiving a light-tight film cartridge enclosing a filmstrip;
- and a second chamber on an opposite side of the exposure opening for receiving a scroll formed from a filmstrip, is characterized by:
- a removable retainer cap located and fixed against rotation in the second chamber for engaging an end of the scroll to prevent clock-springing of the scroll,
- wherein the retainer cap comprises:
- a base for engaging an end of the second chamber;
- abutment means supported by the base for engaging the end of the scroll to prevent clock-springing;
- and
- means for permitting a filmstrip to move past the abutment means during formation of the scroll and operation of the camera;
- wherein the abutment means comprises a plurality of segments extended outward from the base;
- and the means for permitting comprises an opening between a pair of the segments.
A single-use camera including an external housing, within the housing a camera frame having an exposure opening, a first chamber on one side of the exposure opening for receiving a light-tight film cartridge enclosing a filmstrip;
- and a second chamber on an opposite side of the exposure opening for receiving a scroll formed from a filmstrip, is characterized by:
- a removable retainer cap located and fixed against rotation in the second chamber for engaging an end of the scroll to prevent clock-springing of the scroll;
- the camera being further characterized in that the second chamber includes opposite end walls separated by a distance greater than a combined length of the scroll and the retainer cap and an arcuate wall extending between the opposite end walls, the arcuate wall including a support rail for engaging the scroll near an end of the scroll opposite the retainer cap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.