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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1994
Tokuo Shimizu, Hachioji, JP;
Kazutoshi Shiratori, Hino, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A patrone loading mechanism of a camera for loading a patrone into a patrone chamber of a camera body by sliding the patrone in the direction at a right angle to the axis thereof is disclosed. The mechanism includes a patrone cover, an urging device comprising a patrone ejecting spring which urges the loaded patrone toward the direction for ejecting out of the camera and a patrone ejecting plate, a pawl which is locked with the patrone ejecting plate at a predetermined position when the patrone is loaded, a cam lever for undoing locking of the pawl by driving a hook plate regardless of the position of the patrone cover, and a take-up fork supported in such a manner that it moves in and out of a fork gear by a sliding of a fork plate which moves with the patrone cover.