Abstract: In a camera of this invention, a lens barrel including a photographing lens built therein and an aperture opening formed in a camera body are coupled to each other by a light-shield unit in a light-tight manner. The light-shield unit comprises a bellows member made of rubber, sheet, cloth or other material capable of shielding light, which is folded to have top and bottom creases in the spiral form, and a spiral skeleton member comprising a linear spring and fitted to the inner side of a portion of the bellows member which defines the top crease. The skeleton member prevents a flexion of the bellows member, thereby preventing the bellows member from interfering with the flux of photographing light coming through the lens.

Abstract: A camera which has an exterior component formed into one piece from a leather material and a resin material. Further, on a surface portion of this exterior component, a groove having a depth in a direction nearly normal or perpendicular thereto is formed in a border line portion between the leather material and the resin material. Moreover, in a mold for forming the exterior component, a projection portion is formed to cut the groove which serves as a positioning means for positioning the leather material therein.

Abstract: A flashing device having an optical panel 3 to converge light, emitted from a flashing discharge tube 1, and reflected from a reflector 2, the converged light being directed by the optical panel to a photographic object. The optical panel is placed in front of the flashing discharge tube 1 and reflector 2 so as to control the light distribution in a transverse direction perpendicular to the axis of the flashing discharge tube 1. Moreover, the optical panel has different optical characteristics at its central portion and circumferential portion in the transverse direction perpendicular to the axis of the flashing discharge tube 1.

Abstract: A camera having a device for feeding a film, comprises a driving unit for generating driving force, a first unit to be driven for feeding the film in a first direction, a second unit to be driven for feeding the film in a second direction which is different from the first direction, and a portion to be driven always engaged with the driving unit, a shaft unit being angularly moved by the driving unit, a driving portion always engaged with the first unit to be driven for moving the shaft unit while angularly moving the shaft unit in an axial direction of the shaft unit when the shaft unit is angularly moved by the driving unit, and an engagement portion for being engaged with the second unit to be driven.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a zoom encoder for detecting an amount of angular movement and a direction of angular movement of a cam ring which is angularly moved about an optical axis of a photographing optical system to change a focal length of the photographing optical system.

Abstract: A held writing instrument holder for persons with or without physical disabilities. A central bore with several flat slits enables insertion of instruments of varying shapes. One version has an hour glass-shaped body with a truncated periphery forming a gripping surface with a curved concave surface portion enabling a variety of grips to accommodate the user.

Abstract: The present invention provides a camera comprising an opening that is located in a camera body and defines a film screen, a lens barrel located in front of the opening and extended forward of the camera body, a projection located behind the opening, a grip that ls formed on one side surface of the projection, whose back end lies ahead of the back end of the projection, and that is held with the fingers of a photographer's hand during photography, and a recess that is formed on the outer circumference of the outer wall of the lens barrel, located in an area substantially opposed to the grip, and dented toward the inner circumference of the lens barrel.

Abstract: A camera using films each having a development processing solution in a solution accommodating bag includes rollers feeding photographed film outside of the camera or into an accommodating chamber, a piezoelectric press member held between an electrode and an elastic member also serving as an electrode presses photographed film and spreads development processing solution in the solution bag over an entire exposing portion. A piezoelectric member vibrated by AC voltages applied to the electrode and elastic member reduces a frictional force of the film caused by the press member. The processing solution is heated by vibrating the press member to generate heat.

Abstract: An image manipulating system according to the present invention can perform interval recording for repeatedly recording supplied image information at predetermined time intervals. Herein, a limit value of recording time intervals designative depending on an applicable type of information recording medium; such as, a memory card, floppy disk, hard disk, or the like is stored for each type of information recording medium in an EEPROM. A CPU prevents selection of a recording time interval exceeding the limit value, and eventually sets a time interval. Thus, the present invention provides a user-friendly image manipulating system capable of achieving interval recording in as strict compliance as is possible responsive to a demand.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for depositing a diamond coating on a workpiece, for instance a drawing die or a tool punch, whereby a reactive plasma supported coating method is used. According to the invention the generation of the plasma is made by a direct current discharge, whereby additionally a flow of charged particles is fed into the discharge gap; according to the invention the workpiece to be coated is positioned in the discharge gap. Due to the inventive design a relatively long discharge gap can be used, such that also large surface areas can be coated; the coating is made at a location of the highest homogeneity and density of the plasma. By means of the invention a method is provided which can be controlled regarding financial expenses and in a reliable manner and which is suitable for large surface area coating.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display in which one end portion of a transparent film forming a film liquid crystal device is extended and connection terminals on which connection electrodes extending from transparent electrodes are formed are provided on an end of the extended portion. The connection electrodes formed on the connection terminals has a configuration corresponding to the configuration of electrodes formed on a liquid crystal drive circuit board electrically connected to the film liquid crystal device. The electrodes of the connection terminals and the electrodes formed on the liquid crystal drive circuit board are pressed and fixed on each other to establish an electrical connection therebetween.

Abstract: A film transport device in a camera is provided with a fork shaft for rotating a film wind shaft in a film patrone, a spool shaft for taking up a film, a drive shaft located between the spool shaft and the fork shaft and movable almost in parallel with the film advance direction and in the axial direction to be rotated forward and backward by a drive source, a first connecting shaft located coaxially with the drive shaft and movably in the axial direction to be integrally rotated in engagement with the drive shaft and engaged with the fork shaft through a helical spur gear, and a second connecting shaft located coaxially with the drive shaft and movably in the axial direction, and engaged with the spool shaft through a helical spur gear to rotationally drive the spool shaft in correlation to the rotation of the drive shaft.

Abstract: A camera comprising a photographic optical system; an aperture formed behind the photographic optical system in order to limit a range of subject light irradiated to a film surface; a cartridge chamber lying on one side of the aperture so as to accommodate a small-sized film cartridge containing film that is smaller than rolled film of 35 mm width, in which a film cartridge is stowed so that a built-in take-up axis thereof is oriented substantially in parallel with the height of the camera; a take-up chamber lying on the other side of the aperture so as to wind in a portion of film that has been fed from the film cartridge stowed in the cartridge chamber in the lateral direction of the camera and has passed behind the aperture; a light projecting optical system lying above the take-up chamber to distribute light to be used for range finding toward an object to be photographed; and a light receiving optical system lying below the take-up chamber to receive light having emanated from the light projecting optica

Abstract: A camera comprises a cartridge chamber having an access opening through which a film cartridge of film feeding type is loaded into a cavity of the cartridge chamber in a direction substantially vertical to a cartridge shaft of the film cartridge, and a slide cover capable of turning to an open position where the film cartridge is loaded and a closed position where the access opening of the cartridge chamber is closed. A turning position of the slide cover is restricted so that communication between the cavity of the cartridge chamber and a film feed passage is blocked by part of the slide cover, when the slide cover is turned to the open position.

Abstract: A camera includes a body drive motor for driving forwardly or backwardly, a first planetary gear mechanism for selecting whether the output from the motor should be transmitted to a zooming device, a prohibition device for prohibiting the rotation of the planetary gear mechanism after the first planetary gear mechanism has completed the selection, a second planetary gear mechanism for selecting whether the output from the first planetary gear mechanism, which was not transmitted to the zooming device, should be transmitted to a winding device, and a third planetary gear mechanism for transmitting the output from the second planetary gear mechanism, which was not transmitted to the winding device, should be transmitted to either the rewinding device or a photographic image-plane size switching device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for painting highway stripes and other patterns on a road surface includes the steps of heating the road surface to be painted or treated with a protective coating to a temperature typically in the range of 150.degree. F. to 165.degree. F. Paint is applied in spray form, the resin and hardener ingredients being mixed preparatory to spraying by a spray head. The paint mixture is sprayed onto the heated road surface as soon after the heat treatment as is practical. The paint spray may be heated as it passes through the nozzle. Granulated glass beads may be dropped onto the paint coating to enhance absorption of heat energy by the paint.

Abstract: An enlargement photographing apparatus of this invention, arranged between photographing lenses and a camera body, comprises a distance changing unit extending and retracting in an optical-axis direction for changing a distance between the photographing lenses and the camera body, a feeding-quantity detecting unit for detecting a quantity of feeding with respect to a reference position of the distance changing unit, a computing unit for computing a photographing scale factor on the basis of output information of the feeding-quantity detecting unit. information regarding the photographing lenses and the camera body and information of a reference length of the distance changing unit which is arranged on the enlargement photographing apparatus, and a display unit for displaying the photographing scale factor on the basis of an output from the computing unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnet apparatus having a coil wound around a bobbin, a core fixed to and supported by the bobbin to cover at least a portion of the surface of the coil and having a slant serving as a first pole head, the force of which acts in a direction of the surface of the coil, and a rotatively supported around a center of winding of the coil around the bobbin and having a slant serving as a second pole head, the force of which acts in a direction of the surface of the bobbin, wherein the slant of the core and that of the rotor are disposed to face each other with a predetermined air gap maintained with which the rotor is able to attractively rotate with respect to the core.

Abstract: A scanner of a bar code verifier is provided with a viewing window that allows the operator to align the scanner and a bar code to be scanned by the scanner. However, such a viewing window also allows external light to enter the scanner and reduce the accuracy with which the bar code is verified. This problem is solved by a scanner 1 of a bar code verifier according to the invention provided with a blind shutter 8 that can selectively open or close the viewing window 7 so that, during the operation of reading and verifying the bar code, the viewing window 7 may be closed by the blind shutter 8 to improve the accuracy with which the bar code is verified.

Abstract: In an automatic loading system and method wheeled carts receive five or six layers of newspaper bundles of four to six bundles per layer. A waist-high conveyor and an inclined ramp conveyor move bundles to a roller platform of independently operated roller sections selectively halted upon receipt of a bundle. When the desired number of bundles have been delivered to the roller platform, a pusher laterally moves the bundles to a split roller platform. A second group of bundles are delivered to the roller platform and the split roller platform. The sections of the split roller platform are then abruptly pulled apart causing the bundles to drop upon a fork-like platform extending into one side of a cart receiving the bundles. The pusher is retracted to the start position and the fork-like platform is lowered to receive the next layer of bundles in a like manner.