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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Ikko Mori, Hino, JP;
Tetsuya Takagi, Akiruno, JP;
Kazuki Sakurai, Hino, JP;
Moriya Katagiri, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera in which a magazine can be loaded into a magazine chamber in the direction along a winding shaft thereof in a state in which a film leader is wound thereon. During such magazine loading, the film leader is inserted along the outer periphery of a film guide disposed in the magazine chamber. After the magazine has been loaded, the film leader is temporarily rewound into the magazine. Then, it is fed toward a spool chamber. The film leader that has reached the spool chamber is advanced by the spool and film loading is completed. By employing such a loading mechanism, it is possible to provide a camera incorporating a film loading mechanism with a simple structure which is capable of reliable film loading and making it possible, in cameras using 135-type film magazine, to load a magazine in the axial direction thereof.