Camera with film cartridge alignment feature
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHideo Tamamura
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Abstract
A camera has a cartridge setting chamber in which a film cartridge is set. A fork is rotatably disposed in the cartridge setting chamber and is engagable with a rotary shaft of the film cartridge to feed a film in the film cartridge. A cartridge support member is provided in the cartridge setting chamber in a position opposite to that of the fork and engagable with the rotary shaft of the film cartridge. Consequently the film cartridge is pinched between the cartridge support member and the fork.
Claims58
A camera adapted to use a thrust-type film cartridge including a film having an information memory portion, comprising:
- a cartridge chamber in which a film cartridge is set;
- an engaging portion which engages a film feeding portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge chamber;
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- a support portion provided in said cartridge chamber at a position opposite said engaging portion, said support portion comprising a rotatable member engaging the film feeding portion of the film cartridge, the film feeding portion of the film cartridge being pinched between said support portion and said engaging portion.
A camera adapted to use a thrust-type film cartridge including a film having an information memory portion, comprising:
- a cartridge setting area in which a film cartridge having a film movement portion is set;
- a film driving portion which drives the film movement portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge setting area;
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- a cartridge pinching portion which pinches, with said film driving portion, the film movement portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge setting area, wherein said cartridge pinching portion comprises a rotatable member engageable with said film movement portion of the cartridge.
A film cartridge loader for a camera adapted to use a thrust-type film cartridge including a film having an information memory portion, comprising:
- a cartridge chamber in which a film cartridge is set;
- an engaging portion which engages a film feeding portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge chamber;
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- a support portion provided in said cartridge chamber at a position opposite said engaging portion, said support portion comprising a rotatable member engaging the film feeding portion of the film cartridge, the film feeding portion of the film cartridge being pinched between said support portion and said engaging portion.
A film cartridge loader for a camera adapted to use a thrust-type film cartridge including a film having an information memory portion, comprising:
- a cartridge setting area in which a film cartridge having a film movement portion is set;
- a film driving portion which drives the film movement portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge setting area;
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- a cartridge pinching portion which pinches, with said film driving portion, the film movement portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge setting area, wherein said cartridge pinching portion comprises a rotatable member engageable with said film movement portion of the cartridge.
A camera adapted to use a thrust-type film cartridge including a film having an information memory portion, comprising:
- a cartridge chamber in which a film cartridge is set;
- an engaging portion which engages a film feeding portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge chamber;
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- a support portion provided in said cartridge chamber at a position opposite said engaging portion, said support portion engaging the film feeding portion of the film cartridge, the film feeding portion of the film cartridge being captured and aligned between said support portion and said engaging portion so that the film cartridge does not come into contact with a wall of said cartridge chamber.
A film cartridge loader for a camera adapted to use a thrust-type film cartridge including a film having an information memory portion, comprising:
- a cartridge chamber in which a film cartridge is set;
- an engaging portion which engages with a film feeding portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge chamber;
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- a support portion provided in said cartridge chamber at a position opposite said engaging portion, said support portion engaging the film feeding portion of the film cartridge, the film feeding portion of the film cartridge being captured and aligned between said support portion and said engaging portion so that the film cartridge does not come into contact with a wall of said cartridge chamber.
A camera adapted to use a thrust-type film cartridge including a film having [a] an information memory portion, comprising:
- a cartridge chamber in which a film cartridge is set;
- engaging portion which engages a film feeding portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge chamber;
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- a support portion provided in said cartridge chamber at a position opposite said engaging portion, said support portion engaging the film feeding portion of the film cartridge, the film feeding portion of the film cartridge being fixed and aligned between said support portion and said engaging portion.
A film cartridge loader for a camera adapted to use a thrust-type film cartridge including a film having an information memory portion, comprising:
- a cartridge chamber in which a film cartridge is set;
- an engaging portion which engages with a film feeding portion of the film cartridge set in said cartridge chamber;
- and
- a support portion provided in said cartridge chamber at a position opposite said engaging portion, said support portion engaging the film feeding portion of the film cartridge, the film feeding portion of the film cartridge being fixed and aligned between said support portion and said engaging portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.