Photographic camera having one or more detachable magazines

Claim 2

A photographic camera apparatus comprising: A. a camera having a position for photographic exposure of a film sheet, B. film cassette means attachable to and detachable from said camera for holding a plurality of sheets of unexposed film in a film supplying cassette position and adapted to hold a plurality of sheets of exposed film in a film receiving cassette position, and C. manually operable roller means rotatable in a first direction for driving, guiding and feeding a sheet of film from the film supplying cassette position along a defined path in one direction into said position for photographic exposure and rotatable in a direction opposite said first direction to drive, guide, and feed said sheet of film back over part of said defined path in the direction opposite said one direction into said film receiving cassette position.

Claim 3

A camera apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the film supplying cassette position and the film receiving cassette position of said film cassette means respectively comprise first and second separate film cassettes each detachably mounted on said camera.

Claim 4

A camera apparatus according to claim 1 in which the film supplying cassette position and the film receiving cassette position of said film cassette means are both contained within a single integral cassette as separate compartments thereof.

Claim 5

Photographic camera having a detachable film cassette containing therein a plurality of unexposed film sheets to be exposed in said camera upon actuation of shutter release means of said camera, wherein the improvement comprises film feed means having a manually operable handle for energizing said film feed means each time said handle is actuated so as to permit one of said film sheets within said cassette to be fed to a position within said camera for the exposure thereof by the actuation of an actuating member of said film feed means, said film sheet, after having been exposed by the actuation of said shutter release means, being adapted to be withdrawn from said position for the exposure of the film sheet so as to be ready for the feeding of the succeeding one of said film sheets in said cassette to said position for the exposure of the film sheet, and further comprising a separate film cassette detachably mounted on said camera for receiving the exposed film sheet each time another actuating member of said film feed means is actuated prior to the actuation of said handle, and wherein said film feed means comprises a major feed roll driven in either of opposite two direction for feeding the film sheets toward said position for the exposure and toward said separate film cassette by said film feed means energized by said handle, a first set of roll trains located adjacent to the first mentioned caassette for feeding the respective film sheets out of said film cassette, a second set of roll trains located adjacent to said separate cassette for feeding the respective exposed film sheets into said separate film cassette, a set of guiding roll trains arranged around said major roll for guiding the respective film sheets therealong in cooperation with said major roll from said cassette to said position for the exposure and from said position for the exposure to said separate cassette, a set of feeding roll trains located adjacent to said position for the exposure and operably engaged with said major roll so as to feed the respective film sheets into or out of said position for the exposure of the film sheet depending upon the direction of rotation of said major roll, and a set of switching roll trains operably coupled with said major roll, said set of switching roll trains being moved to a first position to contact with said set of first roll trains when said first mentioned actuating member is actuated to drive said major roll in the direction for feeding the film sheet to said position for the exposure, so that said set of first roll trains drives the respective film sheets out of said film cassette so as to be fed into said position for the exposure, while said set of switching roll trains is switched to a second position to contact with said set of second roll trains when said another actuating member is actuated so as to drive said major roll in the direction for feeding the film sheet out of said position for the exposure so that the exposed film sheet is fed into said another film cassette.

Claim 6

Photographic camera having a detachable film cassette containing therein a plurality of unexposed film sheets to be exposed in said camera upon actuation of shutter release means of said camera, wherein the improvement comprises film feed means having a manually operable handle for energizing said film feed means each time said handle is actuated so as to permit one of said film sheets within said cassette to be fed to a position within said camera for the exposure thereof by the actuation of an actuating member of said film feed means, said film sheet, after having been exposed by the actuation of said shutter release means, being adapted to be withdrawn from said position for the exposure of the film sheet so as to be ready for the feeding of the succeeding one of said film sheets in said cassette to said position for the exposure of the film sheet, and further comprising a separate film cassette detachably mounted on said camera for receiving the exposed film sheet each time another actuating member of said film feed means is actuated prior to the actuation of said handle, and wherein said film feed means comprises a major feed roll driven in either of opposite two direction for feeding the film sheets toward said position for the exposure and toward said separate film cassette by said film feed means energized by said handle, a first set of roll trains located adjacent to the first mentioned caassette for feeding the respective film sheets out of said film cassette, a second set of roll trains located adjacent to said separate cassette for feeding the respective exposed film sheets into said separate film cassette, a set of guiding roll trains arranged around said major roll for guiding the respective film sheets therealong in cooperation with said major roll from said cassette to said position for the exposure and from said position for the exposure to said separate cassette, a set of feeding roll trains located adjacent to said position for the exposure and operably engaged with said major roll so as to feed the respective film sheets into or out of said position for the exposure of the film sheet depending upon the direction of rotation of said major roll, and a set of switching roll trains operably coupled with said major roll, said set of switching roll trains being moved to a first position to contact with said set of first roll trains when said first mentioned actuating member is actuated to drive said major roll in the direction for feeding the film sheet to said position for the exposure, so that said set of first roll trains drives the respective film sheets out of said film cassette so as to be fed into said position for the exposure, while said set of switching roll trains is switched to a second position to contact with said set of second roll trains when said another actuating member is actuated so as to drive said major roll in the direction for feeding the film sheet out of said position for the exposure so that the exposed film sheet is fed into said another film cassette.

Claim 7

Photographic camera having a detachable film cassette containing therein a plurality of unexposed film sheets to be exposed in said camera upon actuation of shutter release means of said camera, wherein the improvement comprises film feed means having a manually operable handle for energizing said film feed means each time said handle is actuated so as to permit one of said film sheets within said cassette to be fed to a position within said camera for the exposure thereof by the actuation of an actuating member of said film feed means, said film sheet, after having been exposed by the actuation of said shutter release means, being adapted to be withdrawn from said position for the exposure of the film sheet so as to be ready for the feeding of the succeeding one of said film sheets in said cassette to said position for the exposure of the film sheet, wherein said film cassette comprises two compartments in one of which said plurality of unexposed film sheets are housed while the respective exposed Film sheets are received in the other of said two compartments each time said handle is actuated, and wherein each of said film sheets is housed in a film holding frame, and said film feed means comprises a major roll driven in the direction for feeding the respective film sheets toward said position for the exposure by said film feed means energized by said handle upon the actuation of said actuating member and driven in the direction for feeding the respective film sheets toward said film cassette by the actuation of said handle for energizing said film feed means, a first set of feed roll trains operably coupled with said major roll for feeding the respective film sheet out of said film holding frame containing the same when said actuating means is actuated to drive said major roll while said first set of feed roll trains is driven to feed the respective exposed film sheets into said film holding frame from which said film sheet has been withdrawn for the exposure thereof when said handle is actuated to drive said major roll in the direction for feeding the film sheet toward said film cassette, a second set of feed roll trains operably coupled with said major roll for feeding the respective film sheets into and out of said position for the exposure depending upon the direction of rotation of said major roll, a set of guiding roll trains arranged around said major roll for guiding the respective film sheets in cooperation with said major roll toward said position for the exposure and toward said film cassette, and a set of operating levers engageable with the respective film holding frame and actuated by the actuation of said actuating member for shifting and returning the respective film holding frame to and from a position at which the film sheet therein is allowed to be withdrawn and inserted therein by said set of first feed roll trains while said film holding frame is moved from said one compartment to said other compartment.

Claim 8

Photographic camera having a detachable film cassette containing therein a plurality of unexposed film sheets to be exposed in said camera upon actuation of shutter release means of said camera, wherein the improvement comprises film feed means having a manually operable handle for energizing said film feed means each time said handle is actuated so as to permit one of said film sheets within said cassette to be fed to a position within said camera for the exposure thereof by the actuation of an actuating member of said film feed means, said film sheet, after having been exposed by the actuation of said shutter release means, being adapted to be withdrawn from said position for the exposure of the film sheet so as to be ready for the feeding of the succeeding one of said film sheets in said cassette to said position for the exposure of the film sheet, wherein said film cassette comprises two compartments in one of which said plurality of unexposed film sheets are housed while the respective exposed Film sheets are received in the other of said two compartments each time said handle is actuated, and wherein each of said film sheets is housed in a film holding frame, and said film feed means comprises a major roll driven in the direction for feeding the respective film sheets toward said position for the exposure by said film feed means energized by said handle upon the actuation of said actuating member and driven in the direction for feeding the respective film sheets toward said film cassette by the actuation of said handle for energizing said film feed means, a first set of feed roll trains operably coupled with said major roll for feeding the respective film sheet out of said film holding frame containing the same when said actuating means is actuated to drive said major roll while said first set of feed roll trains is driven to feed the respective exposed film sheets into said film holding frame from which said film sheet has been withdrawn for the exposure thereof when said handle is actuated to drive said major roll in the direction for feeding the film sheet toward said film cassette, a second set of feed roll trains operably coupled with said major roll for feeding the respective film sheets into and out of said position for the exposure depending upon the direction of rotation of said major roll, a set of guiding roll trains arranged around said major roll for guiding the respective film sheets in cooperation with said major roll toward said position for the exposure and toward said film cassette, and a set of operating levers engageable with the respective film holding frame and actuated by the actuation of said actuating member for shifting and returning the respective film holding frame to and from a position at which the film sheet therein is allowed to be withdrawn and inserted therein by said set of first feed roll trains while said film holding frame is moved from said one compartment to said other compartment.

Claim 9

Photographic camera according to claim 4, wherein means is provided for preventing the actuation of said another actuating member prior to the actuation of said first mentioned actuating member after said film feed means is energized by the actuation of said handle, said means being switched so as to allow said another actuating member to be actuated each time said first mentioned actuating member has been actuated after the energization of said film feed means.