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MOTION PICTURE CAMERA

  • US 3,602,586 A
  • Filed: 07/12/1968
  • Issued: 08/31/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1967
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a motion picture camera, a combination comprising a housing having a bottom wall;

  • at least one current-consuming unit installed in said housing and having first electric terminal means locAted in the region of said bottom wall;

    a hollow handle having an internal compartment including an open upper end;

    mounting means permanently mounting said handle on said housing for pivotal movement between an operative position in which said upper end of said compartment is adjacent to the bottom wall of said housing and an inoperative position in which said handle is pivoted away from said operative position and said upper end of said compartment is readily accessible; and

    means for supplying electric current to said unit, including at least one source of electric energy and second electric terminal means connected with said source of electrical energy, said means for supplying electric current being removable from and reinsertable into said compartment by way of the upper end of said compartment in the inoperative position of said handle and said second terminal means being moved into current-conducting engagement with said first terminal means in response to movement of said handle from said inoperative to said operative position thereof and remaining in such current-conducting engagement while the handle dwells in said operative position.

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