Jerry Lee Hargrave - Rochester NY Harold Lee Malone - East Rochester NY
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY
International Classification:
H01R 1354
US Classification:
339 91R
Abstract:
A camera flash socket, adapted to releasably retain the base of a flash unit, has a plurality of resilient fingers for engaging retaining surfaces in the base of the flash unit, a projecting portion for preventing improper insertion of the base of a flash unit in the socket and a plurality of electrical connectors. In a preferred embodiment, the flash socket includes three connectors in the form of spring-biased contacts and further includes two pairs of opposed resilient fingers, the fingers being positioned to retain the base of the flash unit in the socket when the base is presented in a proper orientation with respect to the socket.
James D. Boyd - Rochester NY Jerry L. Hargrave - Rochester NY
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company - Rochester NY
International Classification:
G03B 1720 G03B 1302
US Classification:
35428912
Abstract:
In a photographic camera, a warning flag is supported for movement between a non-operative position outside the field of view of the camera viewfinder to prevent the warning flag from being seen in the field of view and an operative position a certain distance in front of the viewfinder to make the warning flag visible in the field of view. The viewfinder includes a magnifier lens located to place the warning flag in focus when the warning flag is in its operative position but to not substantially distort the view through the viewfinder of a subject to be photographed.
Underwater Single-Use Camera With Guide To Direct One's Finger Over Obstruction During Rotation Of Thumbwheel
An underwater single-use camera comprises a water-resistant casing, and a thumbwheel positioned outside the casing to be manually rotated in a film winding direction. The casing has a protective raised sealing lip disposed at a location which would cause the raised lip to obstruct one's finger when the finger is moved in contact with the thumbwheel to rotate the thumbwheel in the film winding direction, and it has a guide positioned adjacent the thumbwheel to direct the finger over the raised lip.
A photographic camera comprises a camera housing with a viewfinder having a defined field of view, a hollow lens snout projecting from the camera housing forward of the viewfinder, a taking lens supported substantially at a front end of the lens snout, and exposure control means. The exposure control means is a single-piece part with a warning flag supported to be moved manually through a slit in the lens snout adjacent the forward end of the lens snout, between a non-operative position hidden inside the lens snout to prevent the warning flag from being seen in the field of view of the viewfinder and an operative position outside the lens snout to make the warning flag visible in the field of view of the viewfinder, and with a circular hole arranged relative to the warning flag to be located behind the taking lens to reduce the size of a lens apertue, when the warning flag is in its non-operative position, and to be located out from behind the taking lens to restore the size of the lens aperture, when the warning flag is in its operative position.
