One-time-use camera having closure and method for preparing one-time-use camera for recycling
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorDavid J. Cornell
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Abstract
A one-time-use camera that has a body having a cartridge chamber and an opening at one end. A film transport is disposed in the body. The film transport has an advance element adjoining the cartridge chamber opposite the opening. A closure is disposed in the cartridge chamber. The closure is slidable along the cartridge chamber between a first position, in which the closure engages the advance element, and a second position, in which the closure closes the opening. After picture taking, a film door is moved away from the opening, a film cartridge is unloaded from the cartridge chamber, and the closure is moved to the second position closing the empty cartridge chamber.
Claims26
A one-time-use camera comprising:
- a body having a cartridge chamber having an opening at one end;
- a film transport disposed in said body, said film transport having an advance element adjoining said cartridge chamber opposite said opening;
- a closure disposed in said cartridge chamber, said closure being slidable along said cartridge chamber between a first position wherein said closure engages said advance element, and a second position wherein said closure closes said opening.
A one-time-use camera comprising:
- a body having a cartridge chamber having an opening at one end;
- a film transport disposed in said body, said film transport having an advance element adjoining said cartridge chamber opposite said opening;
- and
- a closure disposed in a first position within said cartridge chamber, said closure, in said first position, engaging said advance element, said closure being slideable along said cartridge chamber from said first position to a second position wherein said closure closes said opening.
A one-time-use camera for use with a film unit, said camera comprising:
- a body having a cartridge chamber having an opening at one end, said cartridge chamber defining an empty cartridge space sized to receive said film cartridge;
- an advance element adjoining said cartridge chamber opposite said opening, said advance element having a hub facing said opening;
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- a closure held within said cartridge chamber at said opening, said closure and said hub having complementary contact surfaces.
A method of preparing one-time-use cameras for recycling, comprising the steps of:
- moving a film door away from an opening of a cartridge chamber of the camera;
- unloading a film cartridge from said cartridge chamber;
- closing said cartridge chamber;
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- retaining said cartridge chamber closed and said film door away from said opening;
- wherein said closing further comprises moving a closure from a first position within said cartridge chamber into said opening and said closure, in said first position, engages an advance element of said camera.
A method of preparing one-time-use cameras for recycling, comprising the steps of:
- moving a film door away from an opening of a cartridge chamber of the camera;
- unloading a film cartridge from said cartridge chamber;
- closing said cartridge chamber;
- and
- retaining said cartridge chamber closed and said film door away from said opening;
- wherein said closing further comprises moving a closure from a first position within said cartridge chamber into said opening and said retaining further comprises blocking movement of said closure toward said first position.
A method of preparing one-time-use cameras for recycling, comprising the steps of:
- moving a film door away from an opening of a cartridge chamber of the camera;
- unloading a film cartridge from said cartridge chamber;
- closing said cartridge chamber;
- and
- retaining said cartridge chamber closed and said film door away from said opening;
- wherein said closing further comprises moving a closure from a first position within said cartridge chamber into said opening and said moving of said closure further comprises pulling said closure with said film cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.