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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
May. 13, 1997
Arthur Zawodny, Tsing Yi Island, HK;
Bill Yung Wai Lam, Nam Tin, HK;
Eli Shoer, Wanchai, HK;
Franco Yik Kai Chung, N.T., HK;
Concord Camera Corp., Avenel, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of pre-loading a camera with film, and specifically a single use camera, is disclosed. According to the disclosed method, the camera is pre-loaded in non-darkroom conditions with the back cover assembled to the camera without exposing any substantial portion of the film to any substantial amounts of light. According to the disclosed embodiment, the camera has a film advance mechanism that employs a manual advance wheel, and the manual advance wheel is rotated in opposing directions to pre-load film from a film cassette in the camera to a film spool compartment and to wind film back into the film cassette from the film spool compartment as exposures are taken. In the disclosed embodiment, the camera is an APS camera, and rotation of the manual advance wheel also opens and closes the APS film cassette's light lock door. In a final assembly step and if the camera employs a battery, the battery is inserted inside the film spool compartment.