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US 6,491,449 B2Granted
Film feeding apparatus for camera
AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.
InventorMoriya Katagiri
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Abstract
A film feeding apparatus for a camera has a spool chamber, a spool, and a motor. The spool is rotated in the spool chamber for winding up a film. The motor is arranged within the outer diameter of the film winding of the spool to expose the outer periphery in the spool chamber.
Claims20
A film feeding apparatus for a camera, comprising:
- a spool chamber defined by at least one wall that constitutes an outer periphery of the chamber;
- a spool which rotates in a spool chamber for winding up a film;
- and
- a motor arranged axially in line with the spool for winding up a film, the motor being exposed to the outer periphery of the spool chamber.
1 more element
A film feeding apparatus for a camera, comprising:
- two spool members which mutually and coaxially rotate for winding up a film, the members being arranged in a mutually separated manner in their axial directions;
- and
- a motor having a diameter smaller than the outer diameter of each of the two spool members, the motor being accommodated in a cylindrical area formed between the two spool members, the motor having an outer periphery exposed to the winding surface of the film.
A film feeding apparatus for a camera, comprising:
- a spool chamber defined by at least one wall that constitutes an outer periphery of the chamber;
- a spool which rotates in the spool chamber for winding up a film;
- and
- a column-like member which is arranged axially in line with the spool for winding up a film, the column-like member being exposed to the outer periphery of the spool chamber.
1 more element
A film feeding apparatus for a camera, comprising:
- a spool chamber;
- and
- a plurality of spools rotatably arranged in a separated manner above and below the spool chamber for winding up a film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.