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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
William T. Matthias, Rochester, NY (US);
Maureen E. Churan-King, Rochester, NY (US);
Randy E. Horning, Leroy, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/503 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/503 ;
Abstract
A one-time-use camera comprising a filmstrip, a concave-shaped flash reflector having a front open end, a flash illumination-producing flash tube inside the flash reflector, and a light-transmitting flash cover-lens over the front open end of the flash reflector, is characterized in that the flash cover-lens has film identifying indicia to identify the filmstrip which are light-transmitting to the same extent as the flash cover-lens in order to transmit flash illumination produced by the flash tube in concert with the flash cover-lens.