Patent ID: 6963693
Filing Date: 2005-11-08
Classification: G03B,G07F

Abstract:
1. A photographic apparatus comprising: a housing formed from a pair of side panels and a top panel provided between the side panels, the bottom of the housing being formed generally flush with a floor surface on which the apparatus is to be installed, a photo compartment being defined inside the housing, a photographic means installed at the rear side of the housing for taking a picture of an object inside the photo compartment; a printing means installed on the housing for printing the object image, captured by the photographic means, onto a photographic paper and ejecting the object image-printed photographic paper to an outlet; a light blocking member installed, by hanging, to the top panel at the front side of the housing opposite the rear side of the housing to close off an entrance to the photo compartment; and an operating means installed, near the photographic means, on one of the side panels of the housing, wherein the photo compartment in the housing is open at the bottom thereof and closed by the floor surface, and wherein the top panel of the housing is formed from a material lighter than the side panels.