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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1996
Noriyasu Kotani, Okegawa, JP;
Koichi Daitoku, Sagamihara, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera includes a cartridge chamber in which a film cartridge is loaded, a spool chamber in which a take-up spool is mounted, and an aperture disposed between the cartridge the chamber and the spool chamber. The camera has a mechanism which feeds film out of the cartridge by rotating a spool shaft of the cartridge loaded in the cartridge chamber, and leads the film past the aperture to the take-up spool. The camera is further provided with a cartridge cover for concealing the cartridge chamber when it is closed and for exposing the cartridge chamber when it is open. A rear cover which is openably mounted on the rear side of the camera body, conceals the aperture and the spool chamber when it is closed and exposes the aperture and the spool chamber when it is open.