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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2002
Yoshihiro Yokomae, Kokubunji, JP;
Toshifumi Nakano, Sagamihara, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera is provided which has a back cover for opening and closing an aperture, a spool chamber and a cassette chamber. A battery chamber for housing a battery is disposed on a supporting shaft side of the back cover, and the aforementioned battery chamber is present obliquely behind the cassette chamber inside the camera when the back cover is in a closed state. A part of the battery chamber protrudes from the back face of the back cover. Therefore, the exterior shape of the camera can be miniaturized and downsized without hindering loading of a film cassette. Further, since the battery chamber portion protruding from the back cover can be made to function as a grip portion of the camera, a camera superior in portability and favorable in holdability is provided.