Photographic flashlamp unit

Claim 1

A photographic flashlamp unit for use with a camera having a socket for receiving said unit, said unit comprising: a platform; a container having a pluralIty of transparent sides mounted on said platform, said container being secured to said platform along the peripheral edges thereof, thereby defining an enclosed and an exposed face of said platform; a plurality of reflectors disposed in said container; a plurality of flashlamps mounted on the enclosed face of said platform, each flashlamp being disposed between one of said reflectors and one of the transparent sides of said container, and each flashlamp comprising an hermetically sealed, lighttransmitting envelope having a source of actinic light disposed therein and a primer depending therefrom, said primer comprising a metal tube having an anvil and a charge of fulminating material disposed therein, said metal tube extending through said platform and beyond the exposed face thereof thereby defining an exposed segment of said tube; and mechanical means mounted on said platform for striking the exposed segment of said primer tube to cause deflagration of said fulminating material and ignition of said source of actinic light.