Fuji Photo Film Company, Limited

Morio Ishiwatari

Yoshikazu Konaya

Shinichi Shidara

Tatsuya Emoto

Youichi Yamato

Hirohumi Kumagaya

A rotary camera for photographing a plurality of original documents on microfilm and for recording information relating to the photographed original documents together with data concerning the conditions for photographing additional necessary data. The rotary camera has an exposure roller on which images of the original documents are focused to be photographed and unidimensionally arranged light emitting elements opposed to the exposure roller. The light emitting elements are selectively energized so that the microfilm is exposed to the data-writing lights forming any desired images of the data in the form of letters, numerals or marks while moving in contact with the exposure roller. The data to be recorded is designated and is put into the control system through a keyboard. A jam-mark may be recorded on the microfilm as the data in response to an output from a jamming detector. Similarly, a lamp failure mark may be recorded when a lamp failure condition is detected by a sensor sensing insufficient illuminating of the original document being photographed.

Rotary camera having data recording device

A rotary camera for photographing an original image on a document sheet so that a photographed image is formed on a frame of a microfilm roll. The document sheet is fed from a document feed port onto a rotary drum which comprises a hollow cylinder having an outer periphery provided with multiple small through-holes and suction means for sucking air through the multiple through-holes so that at least a zone of the document sheet exposed to photographing light is closely fitted over the outer periphery of the hollow cylinder. The photographed document sheet is stripped from the hollow cylinder by document stripping means disposed downstream of the suction means and then discharged through a document discharge port. Preferably, a buffer zone is provided between the suction means and the document stripping means to facilitate smooth stripping and preventing folding of the document sheet. The document feed port and the document discharge port is disposed through the front wall of the casing so that the operator can feed the document sheet while observing the image-bearing face of the document sheet. A film unit containing therein a microfilm roll is mounted on the rear side of the top wall of the casing and an optical system for passing the image-bearing light to the film unit is disposed rearward of the rotary drum, so that there is no risk that the image-bearing light is interfered by the lights entering from the document feed and discharge ports.

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Ayase, Japan

Morio Ishiwatari