Patent ID: 6701083
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera comprising:a lid open-closed mechanism that moves to a latching position to latch a lid of a cartridge chamber when said lid is closed, and moves to an unlatching position to unlatch said lid in response to an opening operation thereon; a film transport mechanism driven by a feed motor to wind a photo filmstrip of a photo film cartridge as loaded in said cartridge chamber around a take-up spool and rewind the photo filmstrip into a cartridge shell; and a safety-lock mechanism comprising a lock member that is movable between first and second lock positions for locking said lid open-close mechanism in said latching position, and an unlock position for allowing said lid open-close mechanism to unlatch said lid of the cartridge chamber, wherein said lock member moves from said unlock position to said first lock position as said film transport mechanism starts winding the photo filmstrip, and moves from said first lock position to said second lock position as said film transport mechanism starts rewinding the photo filmstrip; further comprising a spring arranged so that the spring urges the lock member toward the unlock position from either of the first lock position and the second lock position.