Underwater one-time-use camera having camera frame assembly retained in front housing part at unloading
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsWayne E. Stiehler, Stephen J. Smith
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Abstract
An underwater one-time-use camera has a housing having a front housing part and a rear housing part. A frame assembly is disposed within the housing. The housing and frame assembly have retention features releaseably sealing the has rear housing part water-tightly against said front housing part and holding the frame assembly in the front housing part independent of the rear housing part. The camera is unloaded by releasing the rear housing part from the front housing part. The film door of the frame assembly is then opened and the film unit is removed. The retention features retain the frame assembly in the front housing part, during and following the opening and the removing of the film unit.
Claims15
An underwater one-time-use camera comprising:
- a housing having a front housing part and a rear housing part, said front housing part having a plurality of lugs, said rear housing part having a plurality of first catch portions;
- a frame assembly disposed within said housing, said frame assembly having a plurality of second catch portions;
- wherein said lugs engage respective said first catch portions and are disposed to engage respective said second catch portions when said rear housing part is removed.
An underwater one-time-use camera comprising:
- a housing having a front housing part and a rear housing part, said front housing part having a viewport, said front housing part having a back opening, said front housing part having a plurality of lugs, said rear housing part having attached and detached states, said rear housing part in said attached state releaseably closing said back opening, said rear housing part in said detached state being removed from said back opening, said rear housing part having a plurality of first catch portions;
- a frame assembly disposed within said housing, said frame assembly having a taking lens unit covered by said viewport, said frame assembly having a plurality of second catch portions;
- wherein said lugs engage respective said first catch portions when said rear housing part is in said attached state, and said lugs engage respective said second catch portions when said rear housing part is in said detached state.
A method for unloading a one-time-use camera comprising the steps of:
- removing a plurality of lugs of a front housing part from a plurality of catch portions of a rear housing part to release said rear housing part from said front housing part;
- following said removing of said lugs, opening a film door of a frame assembly;
- following said removing of said lugs and said opening, removing a film unit;
- during and following said opening and removing, retaining said frame assembly in said front housing part;
- detaching a winding knob following said retaining;
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- removing said lugs from a plurality of catch portions of said frame assembly to release said frame assembly from said front housing part following said detaching.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.