Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha

Kazuo Ishihara

Haruo Kobayashi

A thin vertically disposed camera adapted for use with a disk type film contained cartridge includes latch device for catching a compartment door at its closed position and rotatably supported connecting member to be connected to a cover member of the cartridge loaded in the camera for moving the cover member between an exposure window opening position and an exposure window closing position. The latch device includes a manually operable portion movable between a locking position for enabling the latch device to catch the compartment door and a releasing position for disabling the latch device. The rotation of the manually operable member from its releasing to locking position is same in the direction as the rotation of the connecting member for moving the cover member from its exposure window closing position to the exposure window opening position. A motion transmitting mechanism is provided in the camera for transmitting the rotation of said manually operable member to the connecting member. The motion transmitting mechanism consists of a couple of gear portions respectively provided on the latch member and the connecting member and a rotatably supported gear meshing with both gear portion.

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Toyokawa, Japan

Kazuo Ishihara