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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1997
Hidekazu Nakajima, Higashiosaka, JP;
Takahiro Ikeda, Kawachinagano, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera is loadable with a film cartridge having a rotary spool connected with a film and a display member rotatable with the rotary spool for displaying a used state of the film. The camera includes: a driver which generates a driving force for rotation of the rotary spool; a transmission device which is operable to execute transmission of the driving force from the driver to the rotary spool; and a controller which controls the transmission device to execute the transmission of the driving force to rotate the rotary spool for rewinding of the film into the film cartridge, and to suspend the transmission of the driving force to allow the rewound film to freely loosen, and to execute the transmission of the driving force to rotate the rotary spool until the display member reaches a position to display a specified used state of the film.