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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Takao Hosaka, Hino, JP;
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A lens-fitted film unit incorporating a strobe device, comprises: a main body; a photographic film loaded in advance in said main body; a shutter; a photographic lens; and a strobe circuit included in said strobe device, said strobe circuit comprising, a boosting-up circuit including a DC power source, an oscillation transistor, an oscillation transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, and a rectifying element for rectifying an electronic current induced by said oscillation transformer, an oscillation controlling circuit for controlling a base potential of said oscillation transistor, and a strobe lighting circuit including a main-capacitor charged by said electronic current rectified by said rectifying element, and a strobe-lighting tube driven by an electronic charge charged in said main-capacitor, wherein a collector and an emitter of said oscillation transistor are serially coupled between said DC power source and said primary winding of said oscillation transformer, and a base of said oscillation transistor is driven by a voltage induced by said secondary winding of said oscillation transformer, and said oscillation controlling circuit is coupled between said DC power source and said base of said oscillation transistor.