Camera frame assembly having independently back-pivoting drive hub for impact shutter
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsAnthony Dirisio, David J. Cornell
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Abstract
A camera frame assembly has a base member and a drive hub connected to the base member. A shutter is joined to the drive hub. A shutter driver is mounted to the base member. The shutter driver selectively deflects from a charged state to a discharged state and impacts the drive hub during the deflecting. The drive hub and shutter pivot together relative to the base member in a discharge direction about the pivot axis, responsive to the impacting, from a shutter closed position to a shutter open position. The drive hub is pivotable, in a recharge direction opposite the discharge direction, independent of the shutter.
Claims25
A camera frame assembly comprising:
- a base member,
- a drive hub connected to said base member, said drive hub being pivotable about a pivot axis relative to said base member;
- a shutter joined to said drive hub, said shutter being pivotable about said pivot axis relative to said base member;
- a shutter driver mounted to said base member, said shutter driver selectively deflecting from a charged state to a discharged state, said shutter driver impacting said drive hub during said deflecting;
- wherein said drive hub and said shutter pivot together in a discharge direction about said pivot axis, responsive to said impacting, from a shutter closed position to a shutter open position;
- and said drive hub is pivotable about said pivot axis, in a recharge direction opposite said discharge direction, independent of said shutter.
A camera frame assembly comprising:
- a base member;
- a drive hub connected to said base member;
- a shaft extending outward from said drive hub, said shaft defining a pivot axis;
- a shutter joined to said shaft;
- a shutter driver mounted to said base member, said shutter driver selectively deflecting from a charged state to a discharged state, said shutter driver impacting said drive hub during said deflecting;
- wherein said drive hub, said shaft, and said shutter pivot together relative to said base member in a discharge direction about said pivot axis, responsive to said impacting, from a shutter closed position to a shutter open position;
- and said drive hub is pivotable, in a recharge direction opposite said discharge direction, independent of said shaft and said shutter.
A camera frame assembly comprising:
- a base member;
- a shaft extending outward from said base member;
- a drive hub joined to said shaft, said drive hub being pivotable relative to said shaft;
- a shutter joined to said shaft in spaced relation to said drive hub;
- a shutter driver mounted to said base member, said shutter driver selectively deflecting from a charged state to a discharged state, said shutter driver impacting said drive hub during said deflecting;
- wherein said drive hub, said shaft, and said shutter pivot together relative to said base member, responsive to said impacting, about a pivot axis extending through said shaft from a shutter closed position to a shutter open position.
A camera frame assembly comprising:
- a base member;
- a shaft pivotably mounted to said base member, said shaft defining a pivot axis;
- a shutter mounted on said shaft, said shutter being slideable along said shaft;
- a shutter driver mounted to said base member, said shutter driver selectively deflecting from a charged state to a discharged state;
- said shaft and said shutter pivoting together about said pivot axis in a discharge direction, responsive to said impacting, from a shutter closed position to a shutter open position.
A camera frame assembly comprising:
- a base member;
- a shutter spaced from said base member;
- a drive hub disposed between said shutter and said base member;
- a shaft extending outward from said base member through said drive hub to said shutter;
- a shutter driver mounted to said base member, said shutter driver selectively deflecting from a charged state to a discharged state, said shutter driver impacting said drive hub during said deflecting;
- said drive hub, said shaft, and said shutter pivoting together about a pivot axis in a discharge direction, responsive to said impacting;
- said drive hub being pivotable, in a recharge direction opposite said discharge direction, independent of said shaft and said shutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.