Photographic camera

Claim 2

A photographic camera, using a film cartridge, which accommodates a strip of film wound on a film spool in a shell having a film passing slit such that said film is intercepted from ambient light comprising: a film cartridge chamber, for accommodating said film cartridge, having a cartridge passing opening allowing the passage of said film cartridge in loading said film cartridge into said camera and unloading said film cartridge therefrom; an exposing section for exposing to light a part of said film fed out of said film passing slit of said film cartridge accommodated in said film cartridge chamber; a film take-up chamber, connected with said exposing section and intercepted from ambient light, for winding the part of said film exposed to light in said exposing section; and connecting means, engaging said film passing slit of said film cartridge accommodated in said film cartridge chamber, for connecting said film cartridge and said exposing section with each other and for allowing the passage of said film therethrough while also intercepting ambient light so as to prevent the film which is being transmitted from said film passing slit to said exposing section from being exposed to light even if ambient light enters said film cartridge chamber.

Claim 3

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein said film cartridge chamber has a transparent window for visually checking whether or not said film cartridge is accommodated in said film cartridge chamber.

Claim 4

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cartridge passing opening of said film cartridge chamber is constructed so that said film cartridge is inserted into said film cartridge chamber along a direction substantially parallel with an axis of said film spool.

Claim 5

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 3, wherein said connecting means includes a connecting member movable between an engaging position at which said connecting member engages said film passing slit of said film cartridge accommodated in said film cartridge chamber and an away position which is away from said engaging position.

Claim 6

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 3, wherein said connecting means includes a connecting member formed to substantially engage said film passing slit of said film cartridge accommodated in said film cartridge chamber.

Claim 7

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 3, wherein said connecting means engages said film passing slit after said film cartridge is accommodated in said film cartridge chamber.

Claim 8

A photographic camera, using a film cartridge, which accommodates a strip of film wound on a film spool in a shell having a film passing slit such that said film is intercepted from ambient light comprising: a cartridge holder having an opening through which said film cartridge can be inserted thereinto and removed therefrom along the axial direction of said film spool; supporting means for supporting said cartridge holder so that said cartridge holder is movable between an open position at which said opening is exposed to the exterior of the camera body and an accommodation position at which said opening is accommodated in said camera body; driving means, projecting through the bottom of said cartridge holder when said cartridge holder is at said accommodation position for engaging said film spool of said film cartridge accommodated in said cartridge holder and for rotating said film spool, said cartridge holder being movable relative to said driving means so that the driving means is separate from said bottom of the cartridge holder when said cartridge holder is in said open position; and pressing means for pressing said film cartridge accommodated in said cartridge holder which is at said accommodation position toward said driving means along the axial direction of said film spool.

Claim 9

A photographic camera, using a film cartridge, which accommodates a strip of film wound on a film spool in a shell having a film passing slit such that said film is intercepted from ambient light comprising: a cartridge holder having an opening through which said film cartridge can be inserted thereinto and removed therefrom along the axial direction of said film spool; supporting means for supporting said cartridge holder so that said cartridge holder is movable between an open position at which said opening is exposed to the exterior of the camera body and an accommodation position at which said opening is accommodated in said camera body; driving means, projecting through the bottom of said cartridge holder when said cartridge holder is at said accommodation position for engaging said film spool of said film cartridge accommodated in said cartridge holder and for rotating said film spool, said cartridge holder being movable relative to said driving means so that the driving means is separate from said bottom of the cartridge holder when said cartridge holder is in said open position; and pressing means for pressing said film cartridge accommodated in said cartridge holder which is at said accommodation position toward said driving means along the axial direction of said film spool.

Claim 10

A photographic camera, using a film cartridge, which accommodates a strip of film wound on a film spool in a shell having a film passing slit such that a leader portion of said film strip is accommodated in said shell when said film cartridge is not loaded in said camera and such that said leader portion is forced out from said film passing slit of said shell after said film cartridge is loaded, said camera comprising: a cartridge chamber, for accommodating said film cartridge, having an opening for allowing said film cartridge to be inserted thereinto and removed therefrom in the axial direction of said film spool; an exposing section for exposing to light a part of said film fed out of said film passing slit of said film cartridge accommodated in said film cartridge chamber; pressing means for pressing said film cartridge accommodated in said cartridge chamber in a direction perpendicular to said axial direction of the film spool and parallel with the direction in which said film accommodated in said film cartridge is fed out; supporting means for supporting said film cartridge pressed by said pressing means to fixedly stabilize the position of said film passing slit of said film cartridge relative to said exposing section when said strip of film is being fed out from said film passing slit to said exposing section; and actuating means for actuating a pressing operation of said pressing means in association with an operation for inserting said film cartridge into said cartridge chamber and an operation for releasing the pressing operation of said pressing means in association with an operation for ejecting said film cartridge from said cartridge chamber.

Claim 11

A photographic camera, using a film cartridge, which accommodates a strip of film wound on a film spool in a shell having a film passing slit such that a leader portion of said film strip is accommodated in said shell when said film cartridge is not loaded in said camera and such that said leader portion is forced out from said film passing slit of said shell after said film cartridge is loaded, said camera comprising: a cartridge chamber, for accommodating said film cartridge, having an opening for allowing said film cartridge to be inserted thereinto and removed therefrom in the axial direction of said film spool; an exposing section for exposing to light a part of said film fed out of said film passing slit of said film cartridge accommodated in said film cartridge chamber; pressing means for pressing said film cartridge accommodated in said cartridge chamber in a direction perpendicular to said axial direction of the film spool and parallel with the direction in which said film accommodated in said film cartridge is fed out; supporting means for supporting said film cartridge pressed by said pressing means to fixedly stabilize the position of said film passing slit of said film cartridge relative to said exposing section when said strip of film is being fed out from said film passing slit to said exposing section; and actuating means for actuating a pressing operation of said pressing means in association with an operation for inserting said film cartridge into said cartridge chamber and an operation for releasing the pressing operation of said pressing means in association with an operation for ejecting said film cartridge from said cartridge chamber.

Claim 12

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 8, wherein said actuating means is cartridge ejecting means for ejecting said film cartridge from said cartridge chamber.

Claim 13

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 8, wherein said actuating means is a cover for opening and closing said opening of said cartridge chamber, and said pressing operation of said pressing means is actuated in association with a closing operation of said cover while said release operation of said pressing means is released in association with the opening operation of said cover.

Claim 14

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connecting means includes a connecting member which can contact a periphery of said film passing slit, and means for urging said film cartridge such that the periphery of said film passing slit of said film cartridge is pressed towards said connecting member.

Claim 15

A photographic camera as claimed in claim 8, further comprising releasing means for releasing the pressing operation of said pressing means in association with an operation for ejecting said film cartridge from said cartridge chamber.