Claims
- 1. A camera comprising a camera body and a chamber for receiving a film cartridge having a light-lock rotatable between open and closed positions, is characterized by:
- a light-lock drive mechanism for rotating the light-lock between the open and closed positions, said drive mechanism including a spindle which engages the light lock, the spindle including a rotation stop which is engageable with a surface of the camera body to limit rotation of the spindle in a first direction;
- wherein said rotation stop is engageable with an additional surface of the camera body to limit rotation of the spindle in a second direction;
- and wherein said drive mechanism further includes a drive member engageable with the spindle to rotate the spindle, said drive member including a pin that is engageable with an arm of the spindle which, in combination with said rotation stop engaging said surface of the camera body, locks the spindle in an open position.
- 2. The camera of claim 1, wherein said drive member includes a sector stop and said spindle includes a lock arm engageable with the sector stop when the rotation stop engages said additional surface of the camera body to lock the spindle in a closed position.
- 3. The camera of claim 1 wherein when said spindle is in a closed position, said drive member can be further moved to disengage said pin from said spindle.
- 4. The camera of claim 1, wherein said drive member includes an aperture into which an extension of said spindle extends, interaction of said extension with an aperture side limiting movement of said drive member.
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of Ser. No. 08/565,463, filed Nov. 30, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,737,659, which is a provisional application Ser. No. 60/000713 filed Jun. 29, 1995. Reference is also made to a second divisional application Ser. No. 08/918,240, entitled Cartridge Handling System For A Camera, filed on even date herewith in the names of Stiehler et al.
Reference is made to commonly assigned application Ser. Nos. 08/445,349, filed May 19, 1995 and entitled Film Cartridge Ejector for Photographic System, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,530,504; 60/000,678 filed Jun. 29, 1995 and entitled Photographic System Film Door Locking Mechanism and Method, now Ser. No. 08/568,110 filed Dec. 6, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,717,971 and 60/000,655 filed Jun. 29, 1995 and entitled Camera With Means For Preventing a Cartridge Light Lock From Moving From An Open To a Closed Position When a Filmstrip Protrudes Out of the Cartridge, now Ser. No. 08/568,214 filed Dec. 6, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,713,057.
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