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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:
May. 04, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edward N Balling, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396-6 ; 396388 ; 396418 ;
Abstract
A one-time-use camera comprising a film cartridge, a filmstrip that has been prewound from the film cartridge into an unexposed film roll, and a film winding device rotatable to wind successive exposed sections of the filmstrip into the film cartridge, is characterized in that a film winding motor is supported for movement to have respective separate positions in the camera not engaged with the film winding device, to permit the filmstrip to be prewound from the film cartridge into the unexposed film roll, and engaged with the film winding device, for rotating the film winding device to wind each exposed section of the filmstrip into the film cartridge.