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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Makoto Nakazawa, Asaka, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/724 ; G03B 1/726 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/724 ; G03B 1/726 ;
Abstract
An apparatus using a film cartridge having an IC memory unit. The IC memory unit is arranged beneath a side of a cartridge shell of the film cartridge, and a positioning hole is formed on the side of the cartridge shell. In order to read/write information from/to the IC memory unit, an arm of a contact unit is rotated towards the cartridge shell, so that a positioning pin provided at the arm end engages the positioning hole to position the cartridge shell, and contact pins provided at the arm end are brought into contact with terminals of the IC memory unit.