Eastman-kodak Company

Albert E Rieger

James G Rydelek

David Barclay

Steven S Chapman

Michael Reibl

Andreas Schweizer

Heinz-Andreas Kellner

Jude A SanGregory

Jeffrey A Solomon

Gerd Hoitz

Friedrich Ueffinger

An adjustable chute for X-ray sheet film having different film formats. The chute is further developed in such a way that sheet film received from a cassette loading and unloading station of a daylight cassette loading and unloading device is to be centrically introduced into, and deposited in a light-tight collecting magazine. For this purpose, the chute comprises two guide holders which are arranged in one plane for guiding sheet film from the loading and unloading device into the magazine. The guide holders are pivotable about oppositely and fixedly spaced pivot points for providing an input opening for the sheet film. Setting device arranged adjacent to an output opening of the chute centrically adjusts the guide holders to the film format of the sheet film supplied to the magazine.

Adjustable chute for x-ray sheet film

A watertight photographic single-use camera having a first and a second body shell that join together. The body shells comprise rigid polymer material and are adapted to receive a film transport device, a lens, a flash unit and a viewfinder. The first body shell forms the camera front section and the second body shell forms the camera rear section. A sealing means comprising an elastic polymer material is attached to an edge of at least one body shell that forms a joint and to at least one edge that forms a body opening. The elastic polymer material is attached by a multiple-component injection molding process and is connected to the body shell by chain looping (molecular entanglement) of the polymer material. As a result, the camera is dependably sealed against water and yet is inexpensive and simple to produce. For simple recyclability, the body shells can be crushed using known devices without separation of the polymer materials, with the resultant material mix being usable as a feedstock for the manufacture of new camera components.

Watertight photographic single-use camera having elastic polymer seal

A watertight body for accommodating a photographic camera. The body has a first and a second body shell of rigid polymer material that can be joined together for accommodating a photographic camera. The body has sealing means comprising elastic polymer material provided by a multiple-component injection molding process on an edge of at least one body shell that forms the joint and on surface areas of the body shells. The elastic polymer material is connected to the body shell by chain looping (molecular entanglement) of the polymer materials. The result is that the body is reliably sealed against water and is nevertheless inexpensive and simple to manufacture. For a simple and correspondingly inexpensive recyclability of the body, the body shells can be crushed without separation of the polymer materials using known devices, with the resultant material mix being usable as an admixture for the manufacture of new camera components.

Watertight body for accommodating a photographic camera

A camera casing provided with a flexible carry-strap which is secured to the camera casing to permit the carry-strap to extend as loop from the camera casing, is characterized in that an exterior elasticized overlay is arranged on the camera casing to serve as a ready hand grip for the camera casing and is integral with the carry-strap to make the carry strap similarly elasticized.

Camera casing integrated with carry-strap

A photographic camera, including a moveable exposure initiation member, is provided with a film brake that is applied by movement of the member to initiate an exposure. The brake engages an element of the film advancing mechanism and thereby arrests film movement during the exposure. The brake is released after the exposure when the member returns to its original position. A method of assembling a camera also is provided using certain parts reassembled and reused from a single-use camera with a film brake as noted above.

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Unterboehringen, Germany

Albert E Rieger