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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:
Jul. 09, 1996
Filed:
May. 04, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David R Dowe, Holley, NY (US);
Richard E Albrecht, Honeoye Falls, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354264 ;
Abstract
A coupling device for controlling the shutter blades of a leaf type shutter. The coupling device includes two or more hubs that are each coupled to a shutter blade and a portion of a base and a continuous belt that is in contact with the hubs so that when the hubs rotate in a first direction the shutter blades will open and when the hubs rotate in a second direction the shutter blades will close.