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US 6,192,195 B1Granted
Camera with combination anti-back pawl and window for exposure counter
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorAnthony DiRisio
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AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorAnthony DiRisio
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A camera includes an exposure counter wheel that has a series of exposure count indicia and is incrementally rotated in a count direction to successively view the exposure count indicia, and an anti-backup pawl that engages with the exposure counter wheel to prevent rotation of the exposure counter wheel in a reverse direction which is the opposite of the count direction. The anti-backup pawl is a combination single-piece unit having a stationary rigid transparent portion fixed in place above the exposure counter wheel to permit the exposure count indicia to be successively seen through the transparent portion when the exposure counter wheel is incrementally rotated in the count direction, and having a resilient flexible pawl portion positioned in engagement with the exposure counter wheel to prevent rotation of the exposure counter wheel in the reverse direction but to allow rotation of the exposure count wheel in the count direction.
A camera comprising an exposure counter wheel that has a series of exposure count indicia and is incrementally rotated in a count direction to successively view said exposure count indicia, and an anti-backup pawl that engages with said exposure counter wheel to prevent rotation of said exposure counter wheel in a reverse direction which is the opposite of the count direction, is characterized in that:
A camera comprising a film winding thumbwheel that is rotatable to advance a filmstrip after each film exposure, and an exposure counter wheel that has a series of exposure count indicia and is incrementally rotated to successively view said exposure count indicia, is characterized in that:
A camera comprising a film winding thumbwheel that is rotatable to advance a filmstrip after each film exposure, an exposure counter wheel that has a series of exposure count indicia and is incrementally rotated in a count direction to successively view said exposure count indicia, and an anti-backup pawl that engages with said exposure counter wheel to prevent rotation of said exposure counter wheel in a reverse direction which is the opposite of the count direction, is characterized in that:
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