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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Stephen J Smith, Shortsville, NY (US);
James D Boyd, Rochester, NY (US);
Michael Cramer, Victor, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A shutter mechanism comprising an aperture through which ambient light is passed to cause a film exposure, a pair of shutter blades supported for pivotal opening movement in opposite opening directions away from one another to uncover the aperture to permit ambient light to pass through the aperture and for pivotal closing movement in return closing directions towards one another to re-cover the aperture and supported to allow them to be pivoted simultaneously in the same direction to cause accidental shutter opening when a physical shock is applied to the shutter blades in the opening direction of one of the shutter blades, is characterized in that each one of the shutter blades completely covers the aperture in order that both of the shutter blades must be removed from the aperture to uncover the aperture to permit ambient light to pass through the aperture, and a single fixed stop is positioned between the shutter blades to prevent either one of the shutter blades from pivoting in the same direction as the other shutter blade to uncover the aperture when one of the shutter blades is pivoted in its opening direction, whereby when one of the shutter blades is pivoted in its opening direction because a physical shock is applied to the shutter blades in that direction the fixed stop prevents the other blade from pivoting in the same direction to cause accidental shutter opening.