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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1990
Yukio Miki, Osaka, JP;
Mamoru Katsuragi, Osaka, JP;
Hideo Kajita, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Masayasu Hirano, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuro Ohya, Osaka, JP;
Tae Iida, Osaka, JP;
Hidehiko Fujii, Osaka, JP;
Nobuharu Murashima, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera system wherein a card accommodating device can be mounted on a body of a camera without increasing the overall size of the camera body and without deteriorating the appearance and convenience in use of the camera. The card accommodating device is mounted on the camera body for pivotal motion from and to a position at which it is fitted in a recessed spacing formed rearwardly of a battery accommodating chamber and sidewardly of a take-up spool chamber of the camera body. The card accommodating device at the position forms part of a side wall of the camera body. The card accommodating device comprises an outer lid unit for removably accommodating an IC card therein, and an inner lid unit mounted for movement and releasably arrested on the outer lid unit and having switch elements and electric signal transmitting contacts located thereon.