Patent ID: 7106962

Claim:
A camera comprising an exposure aperture, a shutter that is movable open and closed to uncover and re-cover said exposure aperture, an electronic flash that is fired to provide flash illumination, a normally open shutter-flash synchronization switch that is closed to synchronize shutter movement and flash firing, a high energy member that is movable for moving said shutter and for closing said shutter-flash synchronization switch and that is returned to be reset, and a switch closing member that is normally in the way of said high energy member to be moved by said high energy member to close said shutter-flash synchronization switch and that is returned to be in the way of said high energy member when said shutter-flash synchronization switch reopens, but that is adapted to permit said high energy member to temporarily urge said switch closing member out of the way of said high energy member without re-closing said shutter-flash synchronization switch in order to allow said high energy member to return past said switch closing member to be reset, is characterized in that: said switch closing member is resilient to make said switch closing member capable of being elastically deformed to enable said switch closing member to be temporarily urged out of the way of said high energy member and to make said switch closing member elastically recover its original shape once said high energy member is returned past said switch closing member to enable said switch closing member to return to being in the way of said high energy member.