Abstract: A watertight photographic single-use camera having a first and a second body shell that join together. The body shells comprise rigid polymer material and are adapted to receive a film transport device, a lens, a flash unit and a viewfinder. The first body shell forms the camera front section and the second body shell forms the camera rear section. A sealing means comprising an elastic polymer material is attached to an edge of at least one body shell that forms a joint and to at least one edge that forms a body opening. The elastic polymer material is attached by a multiple-component injection molding process and is connected to the body shell by chain looping (molecular entanglement) of the polymer material. As a result, the camera is dependably sealed against water and yet is inexpensive and simple to produce.

Abstract: A magazine arrangement for receiving multiple film cartridges, that, for processing of the filmstrips present in the film cartridges, can be attached to a processing machine. A magazine includes a cylindrical member that has chambers, arranged in a circle around the member center axis, in which the film cartridges are housed axially one above another. Each free end of the magazine is covered by two superimposed closure disks that are mounted rotatably with respect to one another about the member center axis against spring force. In this context an adapter is provided with which the magazine can be joined, in the direction of the member center axis, to a further magazine of the same shape and size; whereby the adapter has an arrangement which can be brought into engagement with the closure disks of the two magazines.

Abstract: A watertight body for accommodating a photographic camera. The body has a first and a second body shell of rigid polymer material that can be joined together for accommodating a photographic camera. The body has sealing means comprising elastic polymer material provided by a multiple-component injection molding process on an edge of at least one body shell that forms the joint and on surface areas of the body shells. The elastic polymer material is connected to the body shell by chain looping (molecular entanglement) of the polymer materials. The result is that the body is reliably sealed against water and is nevertheless inexpensive and simple to manufacture. For a simple and correspondingly inexpensive recyclability of the body, the body shells can be crushed without separation of the polymer materials using known devices, with the resultant material mix being usable as an admixture for the manufacture of new camera components.

Abstract: An apparatus for receiving multiple film cartridges that, for processing of the filmstrips present in the film cartridges, can be attached to a processing machine. The apparatus, configured as a magazine includes a cylindrical member that has chambers, arranged in a circle about the member center axis, in which the film cartridges are housed axially one above another. Each of the chambers has an opening terminating at the circumferential surface of the member. In addition, a sleeve mounted on the circumferential surface of the member and covering all the openings, which has a removal slot of the width and length of one of the openings, is provided. Cover panels associated with each film cartridge are mounted displaceably on the sleeve to cover or uncover the removal slot.

Abstract: A photographic camera of small, flat design, comprising a body shell, a taking lens, a viewfinder, a film chamber, a film transport apparatus, and a flash device. The body shell is configured parallelepipedally and has on its front side a linear flat guideway in which a lens slide is guided displaceably from a non-operating position into a taking position and for purposes of film transport. For this purpose the body shell is equipped on the back side with a linear flat guideway, and the film chamber is configured as a replaceable film cassette that is displaceably guided in the flat guideway. The film cassette serves to receive a film strip equipped with an edge perforation, and consists of a flat, parallelepipedal housing with an exposure window and a film mouth. There extends in the housing, in the longitudinal direction thereof, a circumferential and continuous film channel which passes by the exposure window and opens into the film mouth.

Abstract: A photographic camera of small, flat design, comprising a body shell, a taking lens, a viewfinder, a film chamber, a film transport apparatus, and a flash device. The body shell is configured parallelepipedally and has on its front side a linear flat guideway in which a lens slide is guided displaceably from a non-operating position into a taking position and for purposes of film transport. For this purpose the body shell is equipped on the back side with a linear flat guideway, and the film chamber is configured as a replaceable film cassette that is displaceably guided in the flat guideway. The film cassette serves to receive a film strip equipped with an edge perforation, and consists of a flat, parallelepipedal housing with an exposure window and a film mouth. There extends in the housing, in the longitudinal direction thereof, a circumferential and continuous film channel which passes by the exposure window and opens into the film mouth.

Abstract: The photographic camera has a watertight housing (11, 12) in which a film transport and guide mechanism, a taking lens (15), a viewfinder (16), as well as a flash unit are accommodated. The novel and inventive step consists in that an integral support member (14) is provided which is connected with housing (11, 12) in a watertight manner and into which the taking lens (15), the viewfinder lens (16) as well as the diffusion screen (17) of the flash unit are all integrated.

Abstract: The photographic camera has an optical direct viewfinder based on the inverse Galilean optical principle. The direct viewfinder is vertically extendible out of the camera body relative to the optical axis of the camera and is retractable back into the body. The direct viewfinder is designed as a one-piece U-shaped component enclosing the camera body and guided therein, with integrated front lens and integrated eyepiece lens. The extension movement is preferably effected by a compression spring exerting a corresponding force on the direct viewfinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photographic camera with a watertight body for receiving a film transport and film guidance unit, an object lens (13) and a viewfinder unit. Weatheproofing and watertightness are achieved in that the body comprises two body shells whose parting line formed in the assembled state is sealed by an all-round sealing means designed as an elastic endless weatherstrip visible from the outside.

Abstract: A drum-type slide magazine having a compartment body (11) which surrounds a magazine hub (1) and includes a series of radially extending compartment walls (15) to form slide compartments (17). The compartment body (11) is designed as a body separate from the hub (1) which is fixedly connected with said hub (1) by a connecting element (37).

Abstract: A photographic camera includes a built-in electronic flash unit which is pivotable with respect to the camera housing. The flash unit pivots between an inactive folded position in which it forms an integrated part of the camera housing to cover a taking lens, and an operative erect position in which it is sufficiently removed from the lens to permit picture-taking substantially without any red-eye effect. The lens is movable along its optical axis to a taking position extended from the camera housing and to a storage position retracted in the housing, in response to pivoting the flash unit to its operative and folded positions, respectively. With the flash unit in its folded position and the lens in its storage position, the camera is relatively compact.