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US3195431A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Photographic accessory

Assignee: Polaroid Corp
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Filing: 1961-08-08
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Granted: 1965-07-20
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Expires: 1981-08-08
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jr Rolf M Augustin
  • 👤 Vaito K Eloranta

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 22:26
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B15/00; G03B15/02; G03B15/03; G03B17/00; G03B17/02; G03B17/12; G03B3/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 118 words
AN ATTACHMENT FOR A PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA HAVING AN OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM, SAID ATTACHMENT COMPRISING: (A) AN OPAQUE MEMBER WITH A PLURALITY OF CIRCULAR APERTURES OF DIFFERENT DIAMETERS THERETHROUGH; (B) MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID OPAQUE MEMBER IN COVERING RELATION TO SAID LENS SYSTEM WHEREBY SAID APERTURES ARE SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE IN SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPTICAL AXIS OF SAID LENS SYSTEM TO FORM AN EXPOSURE APERTURE THEREFOR; (C) LIGHT-REFLECTING MEANS AT LEAST PARTIALLY ENCIRCLING SAID EXPOSURE APERTURE; (D) MEANS FOR MOUNTING ONE OR MORE SOURCES OF ILLUMINATION IN A POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID REFLECTING MEANS WHEREBY ILLUMINATION FROM SAID SOURCES IS REFLECTED BY SAID REFLECTING MEANS FORWARDLY OF SAID CAMERA; (E) MEANS FOR MOUNTING A CLOSE-UP LENS IN COVERING
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 118 words
AN ATTACHMENT FOR A PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA HAVING AN OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM, SAID ATTACHMENT COMPRISING: (A) AN OPAQUE MEMBER WITH A PLURALITY OF CIRCULAR APERTURES OF DIFFERENT DIAMETERS THERETHROUGH; (B) MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID OPAQUE MEMBER IN COVERING RELATION TO SAID LENS SYSTEM WHEREBY SAID APERTURES ARE SELECTIVELY POSITIONABLE IN SUBSTANTIALLY COAXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH THE OPTICAL AXIS OF SAID LENS SYSTEM TO FORM AN EXPOSURE APERTURE THEREFOR; (C) LIGHT-REFLECTING MEANS AT LEAST PARTIALLY ENCIRCLING SAID EXPOSURE APERTURE; (D) MEANS FOR MOUNTING ONE OR MORE SOURCES OF ILLUMINATION IN A POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID REFLECTING MEANS WHEREBY ILLUMINATION FROM SAID SOURCES IS REFLECTED BY SAID REFLECTING MEANS FORWARDLY OF SAID CAMERA; (E) MEANS FOR MOUNTING A CLOSE-UP LENS IN COVERING

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