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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1997
Nobuo Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Izumi Seto, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An indicated state changing pin which abuts indicating pieces of a cartridge, which indicate the state of a photographic film accommodated within the cartridge, and bends the indicating pieces, wherein a proximal end portion of the indicated state changing pin is formed larger than a distal end portion of the indicated state changing pin. Therefore, since the indicating pieces are bent while abutting the indicated state changing pin, even if the moving speed of the indicated state changing pin is constant, the indicating pieces are bent slower than the case of using a linearly-formed straight pin. As a result, separation of the indicating pieces from the cartridge is prevented, and the indicating pieces are reliably bent to the necessary depth.