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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6786656 | Film magazine A roll film, which is wound up on a feeder spool with emulsion surface facing inward on the roll, is turned inside out and is drawn from the feeder spool to a first guide roller. The photo film is turned inside out again while being fed through a second guide roller... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6485201 | Film back exchangeable camera A film back exchangeable camera is provided. The film back exchangeable camera has a camera body and a film back that can be attached to a rear portion of the camera body. The film back exchangeable camera includes a backward protrusion protruding backwar... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6203215 | Interchangeable miniature-film magazine The invention relates to an interchangeable miniature-film magazine having a receiver for a film cassette, a sprocket for the film advancement, a winding drum, and a shutter for closing the film gate provided in the magazine housing. In order to provide a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 5790911 | Flat film cassette for compact photographic camera A photographic camera of small, flat design, comprising a body shell, a taking lens, a viewfinder, a film chamber, a film transport apparatus, and a flash device. The body shell is configured parallelepipedally and has on its front side a linear flat guid... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5258794 | Extended capacity film magazine An extended film magazine for an underwater camera is adapted to be attached to the camera in place of the rear door by a bezel means which provides watertight attachment between a housing of the magazine and the camera. The bezel means aligns and holds a... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5227822 | Camera A camera having a projecting portion disposed at the rear of an aperture portion for forming an image to be photographed on a film and a grip portion formed on the right side of a lens barrel, the left-hand portion of the projecting portion forming a subs... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5049912 | Film cassette with locking means for exposure status indicator A film cassette comprises a spool supported within a lighttight shell for rotation to thrust a filmstrip coiled about the spool to the exterior of the shell whether the filmstrip is unexposed or is only partly exposed, and a film exposure status indicator... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4987437 | Film cassette with film exposure status indicator A film cassette comprises a film spool rotatable inside a lightight cassette shell in an unwinding direction to thrust a filmstrip coiled about the spool automatically to the exterior of the shell, and a film exposure status indicator movable from an unex... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4597654 | Coded roll film holder and code responsive camera A plurality of roll film holders are individually coded to indicate respective negative sizes, such as 21/4×15/8 ins. and 21/4×23/4 ins., on separate rolls of similar type film. A multi-format camera for taking pictures in the different sizes is adapted... | 07/01/1986 |
| 4374614 | Mechanism for loading film back in or unloading same from camera body A plate slidable on a film back has a hook which abuts a pin on a camera body as the film back is inserted. The hook is forced to slide as the film back is inserted and pulls a locking pawl on the film spool gear out of engagement until inserting is compl... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4342510 | Apparatus for making photographic pictures An apparatus for making photographic pictures is disclosed comprising a housing provided with an objective; a magazine or cassette containing a film feed mechanism; and a device for positioning at least one mask in the light rays in the interior of the ap... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4281913 | Camera capable of commonly using standard film and 70 mm A camera in which a standard film, 120 or 220 size is loaded behind the picture plane by using a standard film reel with film spool mounting members and means for guiding and holding the standard film and in which film back exchange is not carried out. Th... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4158494 | Roll film camera for rendering a bend in a film harmless In a roll film camera defining a film track, and having a film-advance distance, provision is made for any bend in the film due to the rerouting thereof over a film rerouting roll, to be rendered harmless by disposing the film rerouting roll at a predeter... | 06/19/1979 |
| 3978495 | Film cassette for a photocomposing machine A film cassette having a take-up reel with a clamping mechanism for gripping the leading end of a film strip and which reel is motor driven to wind exposed film into the cassette; the drive motor is disconnected from the reel to permit the reel to be free... | 08/31/1976 |
