Camera apparatus

Claim 1

IN A MINIATURE CAMERA INCLUDING A HOUSING, A LENS, SHUTTER AND DIAPHRAGM ASSEMBLY, AN EXPOSURE APERTURE AND MEANS FOR EFFECTING A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE, APPARATUS FOR SO TREATING A PLURALITY OF SEMI-MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM ASSEMBLIES EMBODYING A RELEASABLY-CONFINED PROCESSING LIQUID, CARRIED IN A MAGAZINE AND ADAPTED TO A DIFFUSION-TRANSFER PROCESS OF IMAGE FORMATION, AS TO PRODUCE FINISHED TRANSPARENCIES FOR DIRECT VIEWING AND PROJECTION, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING MOUNTING AND POSITIONING MEANS INCORPORATED WITH SAID CAMERA HOUSING AND MAGAZINE FOR MOUNTING SAID MAGAZINE ON SAID HOUSING SO THAT A SUBSTANTIALLY OPEN FACE OF SAID MAGAZINE IS ALIGNED WITH SAID EXPOSURE APERTURE, A RECTANGULAR FRAME-LIKE FILMASSEMBLY TRANSPORTING ELEMENT INCLUDING, RESPECTIVELY, A PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL BAR MEMBERS, EACH PROJECTING AT ONE END THROUGH AND IN SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH A SEPARATE CLOSELY-FITTING APERTURE FORMED IN AN END OF SAID CAMERA HOUSING, A PAIR OF TRANSVERSE BAR MEMBERS INTERCONNECTING THE EXTREMITIES OF SAID LONGITUDINAL BAR MEMBERS, A CONTACTING MEMBER EXTENDING AT AN ACUTE ANGLE REARWARDLY FROM THE LEADING ONE OF SAID TRANSVERSE BAR MEMBERS IN TERMS OF THE DIRECTION OF ITS FILM-ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTING FUNCTION, A PAIR OF STUD MEMBERS PROJECTING SUBSTANTIALLY AT 90* INWARDLY TOWARD ONE ANOTHER FROM SAID TRANSVERSE BAR MEMBERS, AND A HANDLE FOR MANUALLY ACTUATING SAID FILM-ASSEMBLY TRANSPORTING ELEMENT ATTACHED TO THAT TRANSVERSE BAR MEMBER INTERCONNECTING SAID LONGITUDINAL BAR MEMBERS EXTERIORLY OF SAID HOUSING, A PAIR OF ROTATABLE SEPARABLE PRESSURE ROLLS HAVING THEIR AXES DISPOSED AT 90* TO SAID LONGITUDINAL BAR MEMBERS AND POSITIONED ADJACENT TO AN EXIT-APERTURE END OF SAID HOUSING, A PAIR OF CHANNEL MEANS FORMED IN SAID HOUSING AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY FROM ONE END THEREOF PAST SAID EXPOSURE APERTURE TO A LOCATION PROXIMATE TO SAID PRESSURE ROLLS, SAID CHANNEL MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTING SAID LONGITUDINAL BAR MEMBERS OF THE TRANSPORTING ELEMENT TO ENABLE LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER, LIMIT STOP MEANS DEFINING THE EXTREMES OF SLIDABLE MOVEMENT OF SAID TRANSPORTING ELEMENT, MEANS PROVIDING AN ELONGATED LIGHTSHIELDED APERTURE FORMED AT SAID EXIT-APERTURE END OF SAID HOUSING FOR PASSAGE OF SAID FILM ASSEMBLIES THERETHROUGH AFTER THEIR PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE AND MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID PRESSURE ROLLS, AND LOCKING MEANS FOR ENGAGING SAID TRANSPORTING ELEMENT AT A GIVEN STAGE OF MOVEMENT THEREOF TO PREVENT ITS COMPLETE RETURN TO A LOCATION FOR ENGAGING A SECOND FILM ASSEMBLY BEFORE IT HAS COMPLETED ITS TRANSPORTING FUNCTION RELATIVE TO A PRECEDING FILM ASSEMBLY, SAID LOCKING MEANS BEING MOUNTED WITHIN SAID HOUSING ADJACENT TO SAID CLOSELY-FITTING APERTURES AND OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO CONTACT BY SAID STUD MEMBERS.