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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 |
| 5899590 | Photographic recording or reproducing device with frame-by-frame film transport The invention relates to a photographic recording or reproducing device, preferably a camera, with a transportation device for the frame-by-frame transportation of a film along a film transportation path and with a film measuring device with an engagement... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5887209 | Camera containing a frame shift prevention member and method A camera that prevents frame shifting without hindering a film feeding. The camera includes a cartridge chamber housing a film cartridge, a film passage forming member, a film passage restricting the film in accordance with the film passage forming member... | 03/23/1999 |
| 4265523 | Underwater still camera An underwater still camera is disclosed having a watertight body with a back-loadable light-tight chamber, a lens, a shutter, a cocking lever for bringing the shutter to its cocked position, a push rod for releasing the shutter. Preferably the shutter, th... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4236800 | Camera film stop position adjusting mechanism A film stop position adjusting mechanism with a stop lever (3) having a stop pawl (3a) engaged with a ratchet gear (2) and adapted to stop the feeding of a film. A ratchet releasing lever (7) holds the stop lever (3) at a release position, with the ratche... | 12/02/1980 |
| 4213687 | Film advancing mechanism A film advancing mechanism comprises a planetary gear train including preferably an annular film winding gear having internal teeth meshing with an eccentrically mounted gear carried by a drive gear which rotates in one direction and the other as a manual... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4211479 | Film advance mechanism A camera including a film advance mechanism having a film advance plunger which is mounted for reciprocal movement from a rest position to a depressed position for operating the film advance mechanism to move film along an exposure plane and coil it about... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4115792 | Film transport mechanism for cameras The user of the camera moves an input component to supply film-transport force. A rotary transmission transmits film-transport force fo the input component to the film in the camera, and includes first and second output components. When the input componen... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4115791 | Film-transporting and shutter-cocking mechanism for still cameras A film-transporting and shutter-cocking mechanism for still cameras of the type in which film is collected in a cassette by a rotary take-up member during forward transport of the film. An input element of the camera having a view finder is movable relati... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4104664 | Film advance mechanism for still cameras A still camera has a housing adapted to hold a roll of film having a succession of frames. An openable shutter is provided on the housing alignable with the film and a takeup wheel in the housing is connectable to the roll of film and rotatable to wind th... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4009478 | Film advance and metering mechanism for cameras A still camera for use with film having a row of perforations, one for each film frame, has a manually operated film advancing mechanism and a metering mechanism for selectively disabling the advancing mechanism. A lock mechanism retains an intermediate g... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3999199 | Film metering mechanism A camera for perforated roll film includes a transport mechanism for advancing film along an exposure plane, a metering lever spring biased from an inactive toward an active position to disable the transport mechanism, and a sensing member for detecting t... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3978501 | Device for setting camera A device for setting a camera in which a film presenting one perforation per picture or frame is used characterized in that upon an operation member, for effecting shutter charging and film winding, a shutter charge member is movably provided and that by ... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3968509 | Film advance and metering mechanism for cameras A still camera for use with roll film having a row of perforations, one for each film frame, wherein the film is transported lengthwise by a mechanism including a planetary transmission and the transport of film is terminated in response to disengagement ... | 07/06/1976 |
