Spool drive for film cartridge in single-use camera

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5471270
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08214714

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A single-use camera comprises a film cartridge including a cartridge shell and a film spool rotatably supported inside the shell with a cylindrical drive hub end axially protruding from the shell, and a manually rotatable film advance thumbwheel with an axially depending drive spindle engaging the drive hub end to rotate the spool. The cylindrical drive hub end has a pair of adjoining semi-cylindrical wall portions, one of which protrudes farther from the shell than the other. The drive spindle has a single semi-cylindrical wall portion matingly shaped to engage the cylindrical drive hub end at its pair of adjoining semi-cylindrical wall portions.

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  • EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Balling, Edward N Rochester, NY 24 303

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