Electrically operated motion picture camera

Claim 1

IN A MOTION PICTURE CAMERA, IN COMBINATION, SUPPORTING FRAME MEANS DEFINING A MAGAZINE-RECEIVING CHAMBER AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE RECESS LOCATED BESIDE SAID CHAMBER AND SEPARATED THEREFROM BY A WALL PORTION OF SAID FRAME MEANS; AN ELECTRIC MOTOR CARRIED BY SAID FRAME MEANS BENEATH AND ADJACENT TO SAID CHAMBER; EXPOSURESCONTROLLING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID FRAME MEANS IN FRONT OF AND ADJACENT TO SAID CHAMBER, THE OUTER DIMENSIONS OF THE CAMERA EXCEEDING ONLY SLIGHTLY THE SPACE REQUIRED FOR SAID CHAMBER, SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR, AND SAID EXPOSURECONTROLLING MEANS; AND A BODY SUBSTANTIALLY FILLING SAID RECESS AND FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF OPENINGS FOR RECEIVING FLAT-TYPE PRIMARY DRY CELLS WHICH ARE RESPECTIVELY PROVIDED WITH OUTER FLANGES, SAID BODY HAVING PROJECTIONS WHICH RESPECTIVELY EXTEND OVER SAID FLANGES AND SAID BODY CARRYING AT PORTIONS OF SAID OPENINGS WHICH ARE OPPOSED TO SAID PROJECTIONS A SHIFTABLE LOCK MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID FLANGES FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID CELLS IN SAID OPENINGS.