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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:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396440 ; 396535 ;
Abstract
A camera which allows a film cartridge to be loaded in the direction of the axis of rotation of the film cartridge or in the direction approximately perpendicular to the axis of rotation, includes a camera body includes a film cartridge compartment for accommodating the film cartridge, a film take-up spool compartment for taking up a film and a film transport path, formed between both compartments, having a film frame aperture, and a shading cover, when assembled to the camera body, for shading the film cartridge compartment, the film take-up spool compartment, and the film transport path.