Photographic cameras having an aperture device coupled with an exposure meter

Claim 1

A PHOTOGRAPHIC CAMERA HAVING AN APERTURE DEVICE COUPLED WITH AN EXPOSURE METER, AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE LENS APERTURE AND OPERABLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH A SHUTTER RELEASE LEVER TO HOLD A POINTER OF THE EXPOSURE METER IN A DEFLECTED POSITION, SAID CAMERA COMPRISING A PIVOTAL MEMBER FOR HOLDING THE POINTER OF THE EXPOSURE METER IN ITS DEFLECTED POSITION, A MEMBER DISPOSED ADJACENT TO SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER AND DISPLACEABLE BY EXTERNAL OPERATION, SAID DISPLACEABLE MEMBER BEING COAXIALLY MOUNTED WITH RESPECT TO THE POINTER FOR MOVEMENT ABOUT A COMMON AXIS, AND MEANS FOR BRINGING SAID DISPLACEABLE MEMBER INTO THE PATH OF PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER SO THAT THE PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER IS RESTRAINED BEFORE SAID PIOVTAL MEMBER COMES INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE POINTER OF THE EXPOSURE METER TO HOLD THE LATTER IN ITS DEFLECTED POSITION, WHEREBY THE LENS APERTURE IS MANUALLY CONTROLLABLE, SAID PIVOTAL MEMBER BEING A LEVER OF U-SHAPED WHICH IS URGED IN A PARTICULAR ANGULAR DIRECTION, SAID LEVER INCLUDING A PAIR OF ARMS ONE OF WHICH IS ADAPTED FOR BEING HELD IN POSITION WHEN THE SHUTTER RELEASE LEVER IS DISENGAGED AND IS FREE WHEN THE LATTER LEVER IS ENGAGED, WHEREAS THE OTHER ARM COOPERATES WITH SAID DISPLACEABLE MEMBER AND THE POINTER.