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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiro Hayakawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396411 ; 396536 ;
Abstract
A camera includes a cover for opening and closing a film chamber, and a lock mechanism that is operable in a first and second modes in the first mode, the lock mechanism inhibits the cover from opening. In the second mode, the lock mechanism allows the cover to open. The first mode starts when the film spool is rotated in a winding direction and continues until the film spool is rotated in a rewinding direction. The second mode starts when the film spool is rotated in the rewinding direction continued until the film spool is rotated in the winding direction.