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US 6,636,695 B2Granted
Dual action shutter release with thumbwheel brake and methods
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsWayne E. Stiehler, Stephen J. Smith, Craig A. Baker
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Abstract
A shutter release-thumbwheel brake for a camera has a thumbwheel, a shutter release, and a sprag. The shutter release is pivotable reative to the thumbwheel between a ready position and a first released position and also between the ready position and a second released position. The released positions are opposed. The sprag is joined to the shutter release and brakes the thumbwheel when the shutter release is in either of the released positions.
Claims20
A shutter release-thumbwheel brake comprising:
- a thumbwheel;
- a shutter release pivotable relative to said thumbwheel between a ready position and a first released position and between said ready position and a second released position, said released positions being opposed;
- and
- a sprag joined to said shutter release, said sprag braking said thumbwheel when said shutter release is in said released positions.
1 more element
A camera comprising:
- a frame;
- a film advance mounted to said frame, said film advance including a thumbwheel;
- a shutter release pivotable relative to said frame between a ready position and a first released position and between said ready position and a second released position, said released positions being opposed;
- and
- a sprag joined to said shutter release, said sprag braking said thumbwheel when said shutter release is in said released positions.
2 more elements
A photography method comprising the steps of:
- pivoting a shutter release in one of first and second directions;
- responsive to said pivoting, releasing a latched shutter mechanism;
- during said releasing, braking a thumbwheel with a sprag joined to said shutter release.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.