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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas M Csaszar, Geneseo, NY (US);
Christopher P McCormick, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354275 ; 354277 ; 2423484 ;
Abstract
When a film cassette having a light shield that can be rotated open to permit film movement out of and into the cassette interior is loaded into a camera, a torsionally-compliant driver device of the camera for rotating the light shield open and closed is twisted, responsive to initial engagement with the light shield, to oppositely bias the light shield closed.