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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1979
Filed:
May. 24, 1977
Heinz Waaske, Braunschweig-Mascherode, DE;
Rollei-Werke Franke & Heidecke, Braunschweig, DE;
Abstract
A sub-miniature photographic camera with a housing elongated in a direction transverse to the optical axis, and having a lens window opening and a viewfinder window opening in the front edge of the housing, spaced from each other in the direction of elongation of the housing. A cover plate or blind plate is slidable within the housing from a position closing both openings to a position uncovering both openings. A manually operable member slidable on the housing in a direction transverse to the optical axis serves simultaneously to initiate movement of the cover plate to an open position, and to wind the film, and to tension or cock the shutter operating mechanism ready for making an exposure. After the film winding and shutter tensioning movement of the manually operable member, if the operator decides not to take a picture right away and therefore moves the manually operable member back to its initial position in order to move the cover plate to its closure position, the manually operable member becomes automatically disconnected from the film feeding parts, so that it will not cause further film feeding movement if the manually operable member is again moved in a film feeding direction in order to shift the cover plate to an open or picture-taking position, when the operator is ready to make an exposure.