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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2000
Michael N. Burdenko, Wellesley, MA (US);
Juan C. VanDijk, Sudbury, MA (US);
Kenneth J. Launie, Cambridge, MA (US);
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A film advancement assembly for a self-developing and folding camera. The camera comprising a main frame assembly and a lens assembly. The lens assembly being pivotally mounted on the main frame assembly and movable between a closed position in which the lens assembly is disposed at least in part within the main frame assembly and an open position in which the lens assembly upstands from the main frame assembly. A gear train is mounted on the main frame member and is operative to drive a pair of spread rolls, and operative to drive a film pick to advance a film unit. A motor is mounted on the main frame assembly and is operative to power the gear train, the motor being disposed proximate a bottom surface of the main frame assembly.