Flash-lamp assembly for cameras

Claim 1

IN A FLASH-LAMP ASSEMBLY, IN COMBINATION, REFLECTOR MEANS HAVING A REFLECTOR AXIS AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF REFLECTOR SECTIONS DISTRIBUTED ABOUT SAID AXIS; ANNULAR CARRIER MEANS CARRYING SAID REFLECTOR SECTIONS AND SUPPORTING THEM FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD SAID AXIS TO A CLOSED POSITION AND AWAY FROM SAID AXIS TO AN OPEN POSITION; AND HOUSING MEANS HAVING AN INNER TUBULAR PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH SAID ANNULAR CARRIER MEANS AND SLIDABLY SUPPORTING THE SAME SHIFTING MOVEMENT ALONG SAID AXIS, SAID INNER TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID HOUSING BEING ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A LAMP, SAID HOUSING MEANS ALSO HAVING AN OUTER TUBULAR PORTION SURROUNDING SAID INNER TUBULAR PORTION AND DEFINING THEREWITH AN ELONGATED ANNULAR CHAMBER IN WHICH SAID CARRIER MEANS IS SHIFTABLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID REFLECTOR AXIS, AND SAID HOUSING MEANS HAVING AN ADDITIONAL HOUSING PORTION FOR ACCOMMODATING AN ELONGATED BATTERY IN A POSITION SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENDING WITH SAID ELONGATED ANNULAR CHAMBER WITH THE AXIS OF THE BATTERY EXTENDING PARALLEL TO THE REFLECTOR AXIS, SAID OUTER TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID HOUSING TERMINATING AT A FRONT SIDE OF SAID HOUSING IN A FREE EDGE DEFINING AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH SAID REFLECTOR SECTIONS PASS DURING AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CARRIER MEANS AND SAID HOUSING HAVING A REAR SIDE AND INCLUDING A REMOVABLE COVER LOCATED AT SAID REAR SIDE OF SAID HOUSING MEANS.