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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6591067 | Film pre-winding mechanism for 35 mm film format still cameras A mechanism to be used in 35 mm film format still cameras, which pre-winds a roll of unexposed film entirely by motor to the unexposed film chamber provided in the camera immediately after the camera back door has been closed with the unexposed film loade... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6233406 | Camera having film winding apparatus A camera having a manual film winding apparatus in which a film is wound in association with a rotation of a winding operation device from a wind start position to a wind end position includes: an encoder which rotates in association with the movement of ... | 05/15/2001 |
| 5742857 | System for reproducing film image A mechanism, for reproducing images of a developed film, which reads film information recorded in a magnetic track formed along a pair of edges extending longitudinally of a leader of the film. The reading of the magnetic track is carried out by pressing ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5678081 | Photographic camera having a picture size switching device A photographic camera including a picture size switching device adapted to switch the picture size between a regular size, for example, of 36 mm×24 mm and a panoramic size, for example, of 65 mm×24 mm, wherein, when it is intended to switch the picture ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5521667 | Camera utilizing a push-out type film cartridge A camera utilizes a push-out type film cartridge which is so constructed that the revolution of a feed spool equipped therein feeds out the film. The camera comprises a film feeding means capable of blank feeding the film by driving said feed spool, and a... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5508767 | Prewind film feed control device that ensures alignment of film frame with camera aperture A film feed control device of a camera in a prewind method in which unexposed film is pulled out from a loaded film cartridge and rewound into the film cartridge for each photography comprises a frame number memory for storing an exposable frame number of... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5504549 | Prewind film feed control device that ensures alignment of film frame with camera aperture A film feed control device of a camera in a prewind method in which unexposed film is pulled out from a loaded film cartridge and rewound into the film cartridge for each photography comprises a frame number memory for storing an exposable frame number of... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5467156 | Camera having different supply modes selectable for a film This invention relates to cameras operable to select one film supply system from either a normal wind-up system or a preparatory wind-up system. The camera has a selector switch for selecting one of the film supply systems, and an inhibiting means for inh... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5459540 | Camera with magnetic head in contact with film during pre-wind A camera, capable of loading a cartridge housing a film which is provided with image recording areas and a magnetic recording area in which plural sets of a same magnetically recorded information are consecutively recorded along the longitudinal direction... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5414482 | Prewinding control device of camera A pre-winding control device of a camera which continues pre-winding from where it left off after a power failure interruption and battery replacement. When a patrone is loaded in the camera, the total number exposures is read from the patrone and the rea... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5398090 | Camera winding-up apparatus A camera film wind-up apparatus for winding up a film wound around a cartridge spool, the film being housed in a cartridge having the cartridge spool, comprises a first driving apparatus for rotatably driving the cartridge spool, a wind-up spool around wh... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5349406 | Camera and method for bypassing fogged photographic film A method of bypassing film that is inadvertently fogged in a pre-wind camera includes detecting the opening of the camera back, storing the frame number corresponding to the opening of the camera back, determining which frames are fogged, and bypassing th... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5337107 | Preparatory winding type camera A preparatory winding type camera wherein one frame is rewound after the whole film in the patrone is previously wound up, and thereafter, the film is automatically rewound into a patrone frame after frame each time a shutter release is performed. During ... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5325141 | Camera control device A camara control device continues a pre-winding or a first frame setting when a pre-winding or a first frame setting is stopped in the middle because a battery of the camera is taken out or because of exhaustion of the battery and after that another batte... | 06/28/1994 |
| 4918474 | Camera A motor-driven camera of the prewind type arranged to perform a preliminary film winding action continuously from an automatic film loading onto a take-up spool before photographing and, thereafter, to rewind the film for every photographing shot includes... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4910543 | Camera A motor-driven camera of the so-called prewind type in which a film is preliminary wound to effect a prewinding action and then the film is rewound for every photographing shot, includes an electric film counter which counts the number of frames on the ba... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4885599 | Pre-winding control device for a camera A pre-winding control device of a camera includes a sensor for detecting a predetermined length of a flimstrip, a film drive device for pre-winding the film strip before exposures and for rewinding the film strip after exposures, and a pulse generator for... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4878075 | Camera apparatus for preventing double exposure In a photographic camera, a motorized film transport is operated in a prewind mode to continuously advance successive unexposed frames of a filmstrip from a light-tight cassette to a film take-up, without exposing any of the film frames at the focal plane... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4717931 | Fail-safe film prewinder for cameras A fail-safe film prewinder for a camera. The prewinder has a mode switch which can be changed over by switching to a photographing mode upon completion of a prewinding mode in which a film is continuously pulled or prewound from a film cartridge loaded in... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4678303 | Film-on-spool sensor for determining mode of operation of film transport mechanism in camera A photographic camera has a motorized film transport mechanism which is operable in a load mode after a light-tight cartridge containing an unexposed filmstrip is loaded into the camera and is operable in an expose mode for picture-taking. In the load mod... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4676621 | Frame counter initialization sensor for triggering film rewind when camera door opened prematurely A photographic camera has a motorized film transport mechanism which is operable to continuously prewind substantially the entire length of a filmstrip from a light-tight cartridge onto a take-up spool without exposing any of the frames on the filmstrip a... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4671636 | Film-on-spool sensor for triggering film rewind when camera door opened prematurely A photographic camera has a motorized film transport mechanism which is operable normally to prewind substantially the entire length of a filmstrip from a light-tight cartridge onto a take-up spool without exposing any of the frames on the filmstrip and t... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4504131 | Camera In the disclosed camera, film is continuously wound from the shaft of a film magazine loaded in the camera onto a spool in the camera, and then exposed frame by frame as the film is rewound into the camera. A motor drives either the spool or the magazine ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4460256 | Film feeding system of a camera A film advancing system of a camera in which a roll of film inside a film cartridge is first wound to a spool and then the film is rewound into the cartridge one frame from another after each photographic operation is provided. The system includes a rever... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4367026 | Automatic camera In an automatic camera, as a film roll is loaded, the film is once wound up to its terminal end in response to a signal which indicates the closure of a rear lid of the camera. During such time, the number of film perforations is counted to allow the numb... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4362370 | Automatic film transport device An automatic film transport device for use in cameras has a first function of (i) automatically completely unrolling an unexposed film from a film case or magazine and winding it on a take-up reel or spool and a second function of (ii) automatically rewin... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4342509 | Film feeding device of a camera In a film feeding device of a camera including a preparatory wind-up device for winding up on a supply spool, before exposure, a roll film in a film magazine loaded into the camera, and a second wind-up device for rewinding into the magazine the unexposed... | 08/03/1982 |
| 4251148 | Photographic camera A photographic camera has a housing provided with a film loading chamber, a film storage chamber and a film window. An arrangement is provided for transporting unexposed film from the loading chamber to the storage chamber and for subsequently transportin... | 02/17/1981 |
