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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yeung Chi Ping, Sai Ying Pun, HK;
Assignee:
Concord Camera Corp., Hollywood, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/702 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/702 ;
Abstract
An APS single use camera has a cover with an aperture that provides access to the film sensor and the light lock door driver via a tool adapted to be received into the aperture. The tool is used to open the light lock door and push the film sensor out of the film path so as to enable film from the APS film cassette to be scrolled into the film path. The structure permits pre-loading of film outside of a darkroom, and such a method is disclosed. The camera also employs a brake that prevents the film sensor from sensing for the presence or absence of film except during a brief sensing interval that occurs during a film advance operation.