Camera apparatus for exposing and processing photographic film

Claim 1

IN A PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA INCLUDING A HOUSING AND EXPOSURE MEANS WITHIN SAID HOUSING ADAPTED TO OPERATION WITH A FLASHGUN, THE COMBINATION OF FLASHGUN MEANS COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR RECESS FORMED IN ONE SIDE OF SAID CAMERA HOUSING, A MOUNTING ELEMENT HINGEDLY ATTACHED TO SAID HOUSING WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO ONE EXTREMITY OF SAID RECESS FOR PERMITTING PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID ELEMENT IN A GIVEN PLANE, A SOCKET ROTATABLY ATTACHED TO SAID MOUNTING ELEMENT FOR ACCEPTING AND ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL CONTACT WITH A FLASHLAMP, AND A GENERALLY HOOD-SHAPED REFLECTOR HAVING AN OPEN FACE RELEASABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SOCKET, THE AFORESAID HINGED ATTACHMENT OF SAID MOUNTING ELEMENT PERMITTING SAID FLASHLAMP, WHEN MOUNTED IN SAID SOCKET, TO BE PIVOTALLY MOVED IN SAID GIVEN PLANE IN-AND-OUT OF SAID RECESS TO VARIOUS ANGULAR POSITIONS INCLUDING A MAXIMUM UPRIGHT POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY AT 90* TO SAID SIDE OF THE CAMERA HOUSING AND TO ANOTHER POSITION COMPLETELY RETRACTED WITHIN SAID RECESS SO AS TO LIE SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID SIDE OF THE HOUSING, AND THE AFORESAID ROTATABLE ATTACHMENT OF SAID SOCKET PERMITTING SAID FLASHLAMP, SOCKET AND REFLECTOR TO BE ROTATED AS A UNIT IN A PLANE NORMAL TO SAID GIVEN PLANE, WHEREBY SAID OPEN FACE OF THE REFLECTOR MAY BE SO DISPOSED AS TO PERMIT THE PROJECTION OF LIGHT RAYS IN A PLURALITY OF PREDETERMINED DIRECTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE OPTICAL AXIS OF THE CAMERA LENS FOR SELECTIVE PURPOSES OF DIRECT ILLUMINATION AND BOUNCE FLASH ILLUMINATION.