Single lens photographic reflex camera

Claim 1

IN A SINGLE LENS REFLEX CAMERA HAVING AN OBJECTIVE, AN IMAGE APERTURE ALIGNED WITH THE OBJECTIVE, AN OBJECTIVE SHUTTER NORMALLY OPEN IN ITS SET POSITION AND WHEN RELEASED, FIRST CLOSING, THEN REOPENING, AND FINALLY RECLOSING, FILM TRANSPORT MECHANISM EFFECTIVE, WHEN OPERATED, TO ADVANCE FILM ACROSS THE APERTURE, A REFLEX MIRROR MOVABLE BETWEEN A VIEWFINDING POSITION, IN WHICH IT IS POSITIONED IN THE PATH OF LIGHT FROM THE OBJECTIVE TO THE APERTURE TO REFLECT SUCH LIGHT TO A VIEWFINDER, AND A RETRACTED POSITION OUT OF THE PATH OF SUCH LIGHT, A LIGHT PROTECTOR FLAP MOVABLE BETWEEN A LIGHT BLOCKING POSITION, COVERING THE APERTURE, AND A RETRACTED POSITION, A SHUTTER SETTING COMPONENT OPERABLE CONJOINTLY WITH THE SHUTTER, SHUTTER RELEASE MEANS OPERABLE TO RELEASE THE SHUTTER, MEANS BIASING THE MIRROR AND FLAP TO THEIR RETRACTED POSITIONS, CONTROL MEANS EFFECTIVE, WHEN OPERATED TO A FIRST POSITION, TO MOVE THE FLAP TO THE LIGHT BLOCKING POSITION AND THE MIRROR TO THE VIEWFINDING POSITION AND, WHEN OPERATED TO A SECOND POSITION, TO RELEASE THE MIRROR AND THE FLAP FOR RETURN TO THEIR RETRACTED POSITIONS, AND A MOVABLE CONTROL MEMBER OPERABLE CONJOINTLY WITH THE SHUTTER SETTING COMPONENT AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL MEANS, THE SHUTTER SETTING COMPONENT, UPON OPERATION OF THE RELEASE MEANS, MOVING THE CONTROL MEMBER IN A FIRST DIRECTION TO OPERATE THE CONTROL MEANS TO ITS SECOND POSITION, DURING AN INITIAL PART OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE CONTROL MEMBER AND AFTER THE SHUTTER HAS CLOSED: THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING BRAKING MEANS IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER IN SAID ONE DIRECTION AND ENGAGED THEREBY, ONLY DURING A FOLLOWING PART OF ITS MOVEMENT IN SAID ONE DIRECTION, TO RETARD MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER TO DELAY RE-OPENING MOVEMENT OF SAID SHUTTER; AND SHUTTER RE-SET MECHANISM OPERABLE BY SAID FILM TRANSPORT MECHANISM, DURING THE ADVANCE OF FILM, TO MOVE SAID CONTROL MEMBER IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO OPERATE SAID SHUTTER SETTING COMPONENT TO RE-SET SAID SHUTTER AND TO OPERATE SAID CONTROL MEANS TO ITS FIRST POSITION; SAID BRAKING MEANS BEING INEFFECTIVE ON SAID CONTROL MEMBER DURING MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER IN SUCH OPPOSITE DIRECTION.