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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. '
cam. BOBNMANN, or‘ BINGHAMTON, New YORK, ASSIGNOR 'ro ANSCO COMPANY, or
I BINGHAMEL‘ON, NEWYYORK. I
the following is a full, clear, ‘and exact de In the drawings, 1 represents the side
scription. _
board of the camera box, 2 the stockspool; 1
‘10 Pin journals for cameras adapted to be
retracted for the insertion of the spool have 8theone of the ?anges thereof, 4: the '?lm, 5 65
receiving spool, 6 the winding key'there
heretofore been made and‘used in various for, 7 one of the ?anges of the receiving
forms, but all constructions known to me spool, 8 the leather or other material which
have been defective in one or more particu-. usuall covers the camera box. As shown
lars or attended with certain inconveniences it projects downwardly into a saucer shaped
in use. 70
recess within‘ which the outwardly exposed
It is the purpose of this present invention parts
to provide a pin journal economical of man they may of the pin journal are located, so that
normally be below the plane of
ufacture, compact in structure, (so that it
20 may be applied to small cameras and those the sideboard of the camera box and thus
out of the way and not liable to injury.
in which the walls of the camera box are The lower part of the recess in the sideboard 75
thin,) reliable in operation and so con of the camera box is made square'in outline
, structed that it is not liable to get out of
order and the detachment and possible loss
as shown and the edge 9, 9, of the leather
'25 of the pin is rendered impossible. A special or other covering may be carried down into
advantage is the fact that the device is so as this squared part or bottom of the recess, so 80
to be securelyheld by the plate 10 of the
constructed that when retracted by proper journal mechanism, as illustrated best in
manipulation, it'will be locked in that posi Figs. 3 and 4;. The plate 10 is ?rmly held.
tion, so that it is not necessary longer to hold in the bottom or" the recess by two screws
30 on to the pin, and yet may be quickly and
11, 11, or in any other preferred manner. 85
easily released, whereupon it will automati The pin journal 12 is made in the form
cally. return, to its normal position. , shown and is adapted to slide through an
‘ A peculiar feature of the construction de opening made through a centralhub 13 on
' scribed and claimed below is that the only the plate 10. A cap plate 14 is attached to
35 manipulation required for operating the de
the outer end of the pin 12 which ‘can read 90
vice is simply to pull it out, whereupon it ily be laid hold of by the operator for the
will automatically lock in its retracted posi— proper manipulation of the pin.. The pin I
tion and after the insertion of a spool to
simply push it in to its former position, , has two circular grooves 15, and 16, cut- in
a, each having one Vertical side
' and each .
whereupon it will automatically lock in that one inclined side and on the under side of 95
. position.
the plate 10 there is provided a recess 17
Referring to the accompanying drawings, within which a spring 18 (best seen in Fig.
7 Figure 1 illustrates a view of the interior of 5) is located. The'ends 19, 19,. of this spring
the roll holding chamber of the camera
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showing the stock spool and the receiving are in the example shown turned inwardly
and engage one or the ‘other of the grooves 100
spool and the ?lm extending from one to 15 or 16 in the in journal, de nding upon
the other; Fig. 2 illustrates a plan view or the osition otp that pin. T is spring is
an elevation, depending upon the position ?rm y held in lace within the recess 17 -
50
of the camera, showing the outwardly pre provided for it in the late ll) because that
sented parts embodied in the invention; Fig. plate is ?rmly and rigi 1y held by the screws 105 "
3 illustrates a sectional View of that which ' 11, 11, which con?ne it.
is shown in Fig. 2, taken on the line 3-3 pin is such that when itTheis length of the
‘retracted as
thereof and showing the pin journal and co shown in Fig. 4, its innermost extremity will
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acting parts, in the inwardly projected posi be ?ush or substantially ?ush with the inner
tion; Fig. 4 illustrates .a view the same as surface of the sideboard of the camera box. 110
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