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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1992
Junichi Tanii, Osaka, JP;
Takahisa Shimada, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Chikasaki, Osaka, JP;
Sadafusa Tsuji, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinobu Kudo, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A film cartridge includes a rewinding shaft for rewinding a film, a case having a film exit/entrance and accommodating the film rewound by the shaft therearound in a light-intercepted condition, and a locking mechanism for locking the leading portion of the film in the film exit/entrance in the vicinity thereof, so that the film does not get out of the cartridge more than a predetermined amount or get out of the exit/entrance carelessly. The shaft or a film feeding-out member in the cartridge is set in a predetermined position, so that the shaft or the member is immediately and smoothly connected with a corresponding member of a camera for accommodating the cartridge. A camera accommodates the cartridge to take the advantage. The camera accommodates the cartridge having a film feeding-out mechanism, a film rewinding mechanism, and a portion for accommodating only the film, so that after the cartridge is accommodated in the camera, each mechanism is suitably and automatically driven to perform a film feeding-out operation or a film rewinding operation.