Patent ID: 6842584

Claim:
A system for winding film in a camera, comprising: a camera, including: a front cover including an opening therethrough; a rear cover matingly engaged with said front cover to form a camera housing; a camera body encapsulated between said front cover and said rear cover, said camera body including at a first end a film cassette chamber and at a second end a film roll chamber; a winding wheel rotatably engaged with said camera body proximal to said film cassette chamber and normally rotatable in two directions, a portion of said winding wheel being accessible through said camera housing; an anti-reversal pawl including a fixed end and a free end, said fixed end being fixed proximal to said rear cover, said free end being normally biased to engage said winding wheel and limit rotation of said winding wheel in one direction, at least a portion of said free end being aligned with said opening; and a tool including a pawl engaging member sized to pass through said opening in said front cover and bias said free end of said anti-reversal pawl out of engagement with said winding wheel to permit movement of said winding wheel in both directions.