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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:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koji Kato, Tama, JP;
Toru Komatsu, Okaya, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/00 ; G03B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/00 ; G03B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A camera body includes an aperture unit, having a picture-taking opening and guide rails for defining the position of a film in the direction of an optical axis with respect to the picture-taking opening, a cartridge chamber unit connectable with one end of the aperture unit, and a spool chamber unit connectable with the other end of the aperture unit. At least one of a film exit port of the cartridge chamber unit and a film entrance port of the spool chamber unit includes guide portions that define the position of a film in the direction of the width of the film that is paid out from a film cartridge.