Abstract: The printer built-in electric still camera has a pack chamber for loading a film pack, and a pack chamber door for opening and closing the pack chamber. On an inner face of the pack chamber door, plural film pressing devices are attached. When the pack chamber door is closed, the film pressing devices enter in a pack case from access openings formed on the pack case. The film pressing device has a frame and two pressure levers. The frame has a channel-shaped form and its bottom face is fixed on the pack chamber door. First and second shafts are attached to side plates of the frame, and ends of first and second pressure levers are rotatably fitted on the shafts. The first and second pressure levers are rotated by the bias of a strong spring and a weak spring. Other ends of the levers press the film unit.

Abstract: The printer built-in electric still camera has a pack chamber for loading an film pack, and a pack chamber door for opening and closing the pack chamber. On an inner face of the pack chamber door, plural of film pressing devices are attached. When the pack chamber door is closed, the film pressing devices enter in a pack case from access openings formed on the pack case. The film pressing device has a frame and two pressure levers. The frame has a channel-shaped form and its bottom face is fixed on the pack chamber door. First and second shafts are attached to side plates of the frame at a distance, and ends of first and second pressure levers are rotatably fitted on the shafts. The first and second pressure levers are rotated by bias of a strong spring and a weak spring. Another ends of the first and second pressure levers press the film unit in the pack case.

Abstract: A film support and feed system of a camera includes a pressure plate, a film feed mechanism which moves the film frame in a space in front of the pressure plate, a film suction mechanism which brings the film frame into intimate contact with the pressure plate by vacuum aspiration, a reversible motor, and an associating mechanism which selectively associates the reversible motor with either the film feed mechanism or the film suction mechanism in accordance with a direction of rotation of the reversible motor. The reversible motor is associated with the film feed mechanism by the associating mechanism to operate the film feed mechanism when the reversible motor is driven to rotate in a forward direction, or to operate the film suction mechanism when the reversible motor is driven to rotate in a reverse direction.

Abstract: A camera includes a camera body having formed integrally therewith a film-travel guide part in a film exposing position and a fixed photo-taking lens barrel, and a photo-taking image frame forming member mounted in the film exposing position on the camera body.

Abstract: A camera includes a film compartment, and a cover for closing the film compartment which is configured to hold a battery. The cover has a main portion for the battery and a fold-over portion that folds against the main portion to hold the battery between the main portion and the fold-over portion. Preferably, the film compartment is configured to receive a film cartridge having an end opening, and the fold-over portion has a support post that is arranged to fit into the end opening in the film cartridge when the fold-over portion is folded against the main portion.

Abstract: A Brownie camera is loadable with a 120- and 220-type roll photo film. The 120 type includes light-shielding backing paper overlaid on the entirety of the photo filmstrip, unlike the 220 type. An exposure aperture is formed in a camera body, and disposed between a photo film supply chamber and a photo film take-up chamber, for exposing the roll photo film. A pair of rails are disposed along respective two edges of the exposure aperture extending horizontally, and contact sides of an emulsion surface of the roll photo film. A pressure plate contacts a back of the roll photo film to position the roll photo film on a rear of the exposure aperture, and is disposed behind the exposure aperture to define a photo film passageway between the pressure plate and the rails. An external selector wheel is disposed outside the camera body, for selecting one of the 120 and 220 types.

Abstract: A mounting structure for a pressure plate in a camera 10. The camera 10 has i) a camera body with a back door 14 provided at the back of the camera body and ii) a pressure plate 18 disposed in the camera body. The mounting structure is designed for mounting the pressure plate 18 to the back door 14. The mounting structure comprises a leaf-spring member 20 disposed between the back door 14 and the pressure plate 18 for urging the pressure plate 18 in the forward direction of the camera 10. The three parts, i.e., the back door 14, the pressure plate 18 and the leaf-spring member 20, have various engaging portions provided on them, through which any two of the three parts are engageable with each other. The engagement between the back door 14 and the pressure plate 18, the engagement between the back door 14 and the leaf-spring member 20 and the engagement between the pressure plate 18 and the leaf-spring member 20 are maintained by means of the spring force provided by the leaf-spring member 20.

Abstract: Four spring legs are integrally formed around a flat plate portion of a pressure plate spring such that these four spring legs extend in a clockwise direction seen from the center of the flat plate portion. Hooks engaged with hook engaging portions formed on the rear face of a pressure plate are integrally formed at end tips of the respective spring legs.

Abstract: A camera back comprising a light emitting device for recording information on a filmstrip in conjunction with picture-taking, and a film support for ensuring the shape of the filmstrip when information is recorded on the filmstrip, is characterized in that the film support has a plurality of parallel curved film ribs integral with the camera back for shaping the filmstrip in a curve, a recording opening is formed in the camera back adjacent one of the curved film ribs, and the light emitting device has a flat light emitting face positioned over the recording opening at an acute angle with respect to the one film rib.

Abstract: A camera back comprising a film support for ensuring the shape of a filmstrip, is characterized in that the film support has a plurality of parallel film shaping ribs integral with the camera back, an opening for a battery is formed in the camera back to be located across at least some of the film ribs, and a door for closing the opening has integral rib-extensions that are longitudinally aligned with the film ribs across which the opening is located.

Abstract: In a camera, there is a requirement for ensuring the timing of opening and closing a film cartridge light cutoff door when a cartridge chamber lid is opened and closed, and moreover for lightening the operational force for opening and closing the cartridge chamber lid. In view of these requirements, the camera according to the present invention includes a cartridge chamber into which a film cartridge which comprises a light cutoff door is loaded, a cartridge chamber lid which is selectively opened and closed so as respectively to communicate the cartridge chamber to the exterior or to isolate the cartridge chamber from external light, and a door opening and closing mechanism which exerts opening driving force upon the light cutoff door so as to open it, after the cartridge chamber has been isolated from external light by closing operation of the cartridge chamber lid.

Abstract: A film positioning apparatus includes a camera body assembled with a feeding system for allowing a film to travel in a first direction parallel to its surface and a platen member having external rails for positioning the film in a second direction parallel to the surface thereof but orthogonal to the first direction and connected to the camera body with screws. The platen member is provided with a mounting member for a magnetic head to be disposed in a predetermined positional relationship in the second direction with respect to the film.

Abstract: A camera in which lenses in a lens system can be easily adjusted and manufacturing steps can be eliminated. The camera is equipped with an aperture which regulates the exposure region of a film, and a pressure plate with a tool insertion aperture hole formed in a region opposite the aperture. The tool insertion hole is disposed at the back surface of the aperture. This tool insertion hole allows for easy and efficient adjustment of the lenses making up the camera's lens system. Usually, the lens system is a zoom lens system.

Abstract: A camera includes a camera body having a photographing mask, a cassette chamber on one side of the photographing mask and a film winding spool on the other side. A motor rotates the winding spool in a film winding direction and a spring pushes the film toward the photographing mask to thereby apply a predetermined load against movement of the film. A roller applies to the film a tensile force which is smaller than the predetermined load on the film winding side to maintain the film flat at the photographing mask.