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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1977
Mitsuo Kawazoe, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Company Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electrically driven film rewind apparatus for a camera comprises a film rewind motor, drive gearing driven by the motor for rotating a film rewind shaft, clutch means in the drive gearing for operatively connecting and disconnecting the film rewind shaft with or from the motor, and clutch control means including means for maintaining the clutch means in its operative position during a film rewind operation in which the clutch means is effective to operatively connect the film rewind shaft with the motor and for automatically causing the clutch means to be disconnected from the film rewind shaft from the motor immediately upon termination of a film rewind operation.