Patents Assigned to Ginfax Development Limited
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Patent number: 6863454Abstract: A combination of a camera body with a lens, shutter and shutter operating control with an attachable, removeable film cartridge having an unexposed film spool region and an exposed film spool region and a bridging portion between those regions. An opening in the cartridge permits light from the lens to pass through the opening to the film at the bridging portion. A door closes the opening of the cartridge and the door is openable with the cartridge installed in or attached to the camera body. Cooperating elements on the camera body and the cartridge open the door or close the door with the door being openable when the cartridge is fully engaged with the camera body. There is a detented connection of the film cartridge in the camera body.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2002Date of Patent: March 8, 2005Assignee: Ginfax Development LimitedInventor: Ching Miao Wilson Wang
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Publication number: 20030086708Abstract: A combination of a camera body with a lens, shutter and shutter operating control with an attachable, removeable film cartridge having an unexposed film spool region and an exposed film spool region and a bridging portion between those regions. An opening in the cartridge permits light from the lens to pass through the opening to the film at the bridging portion. A door closes the opening of the cartridge and the door is openable with the cartridge installed in or attached to the camera body. Cooperating elements on the camera body and the cartridge open the door or close the door with the door being openable when the cartridge is fully engaged with the camera body. There is a detented connection of the film cartridge in the camera body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: Ginfax Development LimitedInventor: Ching Miao Wilson Wang
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Patent number: 6542699Abstract: A camera is provided with an object lens, an aperture and a guiding device for an image-recording medium. The camera includes a device for providing generally scattered or white light to be incident on a first portion of the image-recording medium and a light adjusting device for varying the dissipation of the white or scatted light across the aperture of the camera in relation to the exposure time across the aperture. The camera also includes a lens system with an object lens and an additional focusing device with a focal length in a first area being infinite and in a second area being a relatively short focusing light on the image close to the lens system, for example, on the plate held in front of the lens system. A light enhancement device is also provided for increasing the light on the first portion of the image-recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2001Date of Patent: April 1, 2003Assignee: Ginfax Development LimitedInventors: Ming Tung Lau, Quan Jiang
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Publication number: 20010028797Abstract: A camera is provided with an object lens, an aperture and a guiding device for an image-recording medium. The camera includes a device for providing generally scattered or white light to be incident on a first portion of the image-recording medium and a light adjusting device for varying the dissipation of the white or scatted light across the aperture of the camera in relation to the exposure time across the aperture. The camera also includes a lens system with an object lens and an additional focusing device with a focal length in a first area being infinite and in a second area being a relatively short focusing light on the image close to the lens system, for example, on the plate held in front of the lens system. A light enhancement device is also provided for increasing the light on the first portion of the image-recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2001Publication date: October 11, 2001Applicant: Ginfax Development LimitedInventors: Ming Tung Lau, Quan Jiang
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Patent number: 6289181Abstract: A camera (1) is provided with an object lens, an aperture and guiding means for an image recording medium. The camera includes a means for providing generally scattered or white light to be incident on a first portion of the image recording medium and a light adjusting means for varying the dissipation of the white or scattered light across the aperture of the camera in relation to the exposure time across the aperture. The camera also includes a lens system with an object lens and an additional focusing means with a focal length in a first area being infinite and in a second area being relatively short focusing light on the image close to the lens system, for example on the plate (10) held in front of the lens system. Light enhancement means are also provided for increasing the light on the first portion of the image recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 1998Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Ginfax Development LimitedInventors: Ming Tung Lau, Quan Jiang
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Patent number: 6132111Abstract: A manual film drive control system for a camera having a manual film drive, the control system comprising a film drive actuation means (85) and a film drive direction switch (90), the film drive actuation means being movable in two directions, movement in the first direction causing the film drive to move in a film advance direction and movement in a second direction causing the film drive to move in a film rewind direction, the film drive direction switch being moveable between a film advance mode in which it allows the film drive actuation means to move in the first direction but not in the second direction and a film rewind mode in which it allows the drive actuation means to move in the second direction, but not in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 1998Date of Patent: October 17, 2000Assignee: Ginfax Development LimitedInventor: Jie Zhong