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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2000
Yasuhiko Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Photo Optical Co. Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a camera with a cover sliding between a cartridge exchange position and a work position for permitting photography. A cam plate having a driving rack is mounted securely on inside the sliding cover. A coupling gear is mounted in a camera body with its teeth protruded out of the camera body. The driving rack is engaged with the teeth of the coupling gear only while the sliding cover moves between the work position and the cartridge exchange position, so the coupling gear is rotated as the sliding cover moves between the work position and the cartridge exchange position. The rotational movement of the coupling gear is transmitted to a pinion through a rack plate. The pinion is formed integrally with a door drive shaft. The door drive shaft is engaged with a door member of a loaded photo film cartridge, for rotating the door member to close or open a film port of the cartridge. The pinion is urged by a spring that functions as a toggle spring. The spring urges the pinion in a direction to close the door member after the pinion rotates halfway in the closing direction, or alternatively in a direction to open the door member after the pinion rotates halfway in the opening direction.