Patent ID: 6101340
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera with a cartridge chamber in which a film cartridge is to be housed, comprising:a cover for opening and closing the cartridge chamber;a locking mechanism for locking the cover relative to a body of the camera at a position at which the cover closes the cartridge chamber;a manual unlocking member separate from and operatively connected to the locking mechanism so as to unlock the cover relative to the body;a safety mechanism for permitting and prohibiting an operation of the manual unlocking member, wherein the safety mechanism is provided on an inner side of the cover;a driving source for supplying a force to drive the safety mechanism; anda transmission mechanism for transmitting the force from the driving source to the safety mechanism via a spool of the film cartridge when the film cartridge is set inside the cartridge chamber.