Patent ID: 6278484
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A film cartridge to be returned by a photofinishing laboratory, said film cartridge comprising:developed continuous photo film;a cartridge main body for housing said photo film therein, said cartridge body having a cylindrical inner periphery and an outlet opening to send out said photo film, said outlet opening extending out in a direction tangent to the inner periphery of said film cartridge main body;a single spool rotatably provided in said cartridge main body, and having one end of said photo film affixed thereto in the longitudinal direction thereof, said photo film being wound around said single spool;an IC memory installed in said cartridge main body; andwherein said film cartridge is capable of containing said photo film by winding the entire photo film around said spool, and said spool, around which said photo film is wound, is rotated in a direction reverse to a winding direction to thereby feed said photo film from said film cartridge, wherein said photo film is provided with one of holes and notches respectively formed in each frame of said photo film for respectively indicating a position of each frame, and wherein said film cartridge main body is provided with a display part for indicating whether said photo film has been developed.