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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Dennis R. Zander, Penfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An exposure count indicator comprises a scale of successive exposure count indicia for visually indicating which film frame is positioned for exposure in a camera, and a confirmation indicator separate from the exposure count indicia for providing a visual confirmation indication that a first available frame is positioned for exposure in the camera. The confirmation indicator includes a light-transmitting indicator arranged on a single-color background and a separate two-color changeover including a smaller portion that has a color indistinguishable from the color of the background, and which when superimposed to the light-transmitting indicator renders the light-transmitting indicator substantially indistinguishable from the background, and a larger portion that has a color distinguishable from the color of the background, and which when superimposed to the light-transmitting indicator renders the light-transmitting indicator distinguishable from the background. A support supports the two-color changeover for movement relative to the light-transmitting indicator to change the smaller portion from being superimposed to the light-transmitting indicator to the larger portion being superimposed to the light-transmitting indicator, in order to provide the visual confirmation indication.