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Dual path photographic camera for use in motor vehicles

  • US 4,093,364 A
  • Filed: 02/04/1977
  • Issued: 06/06/1978
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A photographic recording arrangment for vehicles, including a camera extendably mounted on the dashboard thereof and faced in the direction of travel of said vehicle, said camera having a frontal lens element and a rear lens element for focusing an image of the subject in front of the camera onto the image plane thereof, and a light-splitting prism between said lenses for focusing an object from a secondary path onto said rear element, said secondary path including an image gathering element comprising a tubular extension of light reflecting mirrors and a lens, said extension being adjustable for facing the speedometer of said vehicle and thus directing an image thereof onto said prism and thereby through said rear lens element onto the light-sensitive film in the image plane of said camera.

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