Patent ID: 6336751
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A film feeding device comprising:a driving source; a spool gear, provided on a film wind-up spool, and to which a driving force of said driving source is transmitted; a cartridge-spool driving gear for transmitting the driving force of said driving source to a cartridge spool within a film cartridge; a clutch gear, movable between a meshed position and an unmeshed position with respect to said spool gear, for transmitting a driving force of said spool gear to said cartridge-spool driving gear when meshed with said spool gear; and a moving mechanism for moving said clutch gear from the unmeshed position to the meshed position with respect to said spool gear by transmission driving by said driving source, said moving mechanism comprising a lever gear which meshes with said spool gear, said lever gear including a lever that moves said clutch gear from the unmeshed position to the meshed position with respect to said spool gear by rotation of said spool gear in a predetermined direction.