JP2680956B2 - Film unit with lens - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a film unit with a lens, which has a built-in strobe mechanism for emitting auxiliary light for photographing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a lens-equipped film unit "Sharp Run Hi (Product Name)" (hereinafter simply referred to as "film") enables users to easily take pictures by simply purchasing a film unit even when they are not carrying a camera. Referred to as a unit) is provided by the applicant. recently,
A strobe type is commercially available as such a film unit. This film unit with a strobe has a structure in which a main condenser for a strobe is arranged on the side of a film roll chamber in a direction perpendicular to the film feeding direction. However, since the main capacitor, which is a large electric component, is placed on the side of the film roll chamber, the horizontal length is increased by this amount compared to a film unit that does not have a built-in strobe mechanism. Improvements were desired in this respect. Therefore, a film unit improved from this has been proposed by the present applicant (Japanese Patent Application No. 3-33937). this is,
The main condenser is arranged above the film chamber so as to be parallel to the film feeding direction.

[0003]

However, since the main capacitor is connected to the circuit board by only two wire-like lead wires, it may rattle in the unit during transportation or carrying. It has been found that this may cause a failure, for example, the main capacitor colliding with the light emitting part to damage the main capacitor or peel off the wiring.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a lens-fitted film unit in which the main capacitor is prevented from rattling while being made compact. To aim.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a film unit of the invention has a main condenser of a strobe mechanism mounted sideways, and an outer circumference of the main condenser on the inner wall of the upper portion of the front cover and the inner wall of the rear cover. Each of the recesses has a shape corresponding to the surface, and a projection is formed on the inner wall of the front portion of the front cover to regulate the main capacitor so as to press it toward the rear cover.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 2, a lens-fitted photo film unit 2 comprises a unit body 3 having a photographing mechanism and an outer case 4 for housing the same.
The photograph is taken while the camera is in the camera. The outer case 4 is for making the appearance of the lens-fitted film unit 2 beautiful, and a paper box or the like having a printed outer surface is used. The outer case 4 is provided with holes for exposing the taking lens 5, the objective side finder window 6a, the eyepiece side finder window 6b, the release button 7, the film counter 8, the winding knob 9, and the light emitting section 10. A notch 11 is formed to make it easy to press a strobe switch (not shown).

In FIG. 3, the unit main body 2 comprises a main body portion 40, a front cover 41 mounted before this, and a rear cover 42 mounted after the main body portion 40 after the film is loaded. The main body 40, the front cover 41, and the rear cover 42 are integrally formed of plastic.
The main body portion 40 is provided with a photographing lens 5, a film counter 8, a shutter mechanism 12, a film winding mechanism, a stroboscopic light emitting device 43, and other necessary mechanisms for photographing. A hole 44 for positioning with the front cover 41 is provided on the front surface of the body portion 40. The main body 40 includes a film winding chamber 29 for accommodating the cartridge main body 32 of the 35 mm film cartridge, a film supply chamber 28 for accommodating the unexposed film roll 30, and an exposure frame formed therebetween. It is provided. A winding shaft may be provided in the film supply chamber 28, and the film roll 30 may be wound around the outer periphery of the winding shaft.

The strobe light emitting device 43 includes a light emitting section 10
And a circuit board 45, and a columnar main capacitor 55 soldered to the circuit board 45 via lead wires 46a and 46b is provided on the front cover 41 as shown in FIG.
Upper inner wall 41a of the film, upper outer wall 28 of the film supply chamber 28
In the space surrounded by "a" and the inner wall 42a of the rear cover 42, it is housed sideways so that its longitudinal direction is parallel to the film feeding direction. Then, in order to prevent the main condenser 55 from rattling, the upper inner wall 41 of the front cover 41 is prevented.
a, concave portions 56 and 57 are formed on the inner wall 42a of the rear cover 42 corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the main condenser 55, and a ridge 58 is formed on the upper outer wall 28a of the film supply chamber 28. Further, the front inner wall 41 of the front cover 41
A pressing protrusion 59 is planted in b, and regulates the position of the main capacitor 55 in the front-rear direction. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, ribs 61 and 62 for restricting the horizontal position of the main condenser 55 are provided in the main body portion 40. The lead wire 46a of the main capacitor 55,
When the circuit board 45 is attached to the main body portion 40, the main condenser 46b is preliminarily contacted between the ribs 61 and 62 and the upper outer wall 28a of the film feeding chamber 28 and the ridge portion 58 in advance. Its length is fixed.

The patrone has a spool 31 at the rear end.
The unexposed film 30 is accommodated in a state of being fixed to. When the cartridge is loaded into the main body section 40, the unexposed film 30 is pulled out from the cartridge main body 32 and rolled into a film roll 30.

The rear cover 42 is provided with a plurality of locking claws 47 and 48, which serve as a locking means with the front cover 41, in the upper and lower portions, respectively. Bottom part 4 on which locking claw 48 is formed
Reference numeral 9 has a lid shape that can be opened downward so that the cartridge after completion of exposure can be taken out. In addition, reference numerals 35 and 36 are projections that fit into the film supply chamber 28 and the film winding chamber 29 and position the main body 40. The ridge portion 37 formed above the film supply chamber 28 is fitted into the groove 58a of the ridge portion 58 when the rear cover 42 is attached to the main body 40 to shield the film supply chamber 28 from light. .

The front cover 41 is integrally formed with a photographing lens 5 and an opening 50 for exposing a photographing field.
On the back side of the opening 50, a protrusion 51 that fits into the hole 44 provided in the main body 40 is formed. Front cover 4
The upper surface and the lower part of 1 have locking holes 5 at positions corresponding to the locking claws 47 and 48 provided on the rear cover 42, respectively.
2, 53 are provided. When these are locked, the main body portion 40 is sandwiched and fixed between the front cover 41 and the rear cover 42.

In order to assemble the lens-fitted film unit having such a structure, first, the necessary mechanism as described above is incorporated in the main body portion 40. At this time, the main condenser 55 of the stroboscopic light emitting device 43 includes the ribs 61, 62. It is arranged between the upper outer wall 28a of the film feeding chamber 28 and the protruding portion 58. After storing the film 30 with the cartridge main body 32, the main body 40
When the back surface of the front cover 41 and the front surface of the rear cover 42 are fitted together, and the projection 51 of the front cover 41 is further fitted into the hole 44 of the main body 40,
The body portion 40 is in a fitted state with the front cover 41. Then, when the locking claws 47, 48 of the rear cover engage with the locking holes 52, 53 of the front cover 41, the front cover 41 and the rear cover 4
2 are locked, and the main body 40 is sandwiched between the front cover 41 and the rear cover 42.

When the front cover 41 and the rear cover 42 are attached to the main body 40 in this manner, the main condenser 55
Is housed in a position surrounded by the recesses 56, 57, the upper outer wall 28a, and the protruding portion 58 to prevent rattling in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the pressing protrusion 59 also prevents rattling in the front-rear direction. It Therefore, even if some impact is applied to the film unit, the main capacitor 55 may hit the rear portion of the light emitting unit 10 and damage it, or the lead wires 46a and 46b may be peeled off from the circuit board 45. There are no accidents.
The lens-fitted film unit 2 is completed by covering the unit body 3 assembled in this manner with the outer case 4.

[0014]

As described above, according to the lens-fitted film unit of the present invention, the main capacitor of the strobe mechanism is mounted sideways, so that the width can be made compact. Then, the upper inner wall of the front cover and the inner wall of the rear cover are each provided with a recessed portion having a shape corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the main capacitor, and the front inner wall of the front cover regulates the main capacitor so as to press it toward the rear cover. Since it has been planted, it is possible to prevent the main capacitor from rattling.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a side view of a housed state of a main capacitor in a lens-fitted film unit of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a film unit with a lens.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a lens-fitted film unit.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a housed state of a main capacitor from above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 unit main body 10 light emitting part 28 film supply chamber 40 main body part 41 front cover 42 rear cover 43 strobe light emitting device 45 circuit board 46a, 46b lead wire 55 main capacitor 56, 57 concave portion 58 ridge portion 59 pressing protrusion 61, 62 rib

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Seiji Asano 1-324, Uetake-cho, Omiya-shi, Saitama Fuji Photonics Co., Ltd. (56) References Kaihei 1-57738 (JP, U) Actual Kaihei 2-104340 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A lens body comprising a main body part for accommodating an unexposed film and having a photographing mechanism such as a photographing lens and a shutter and a strobe mechanism for irradiating auxiliary light, and a front cover and a rear cover for covering the front and rear thereof. In the film unit, the main condenser of the strobe mechanism is mounted sideways, and the upper inner wall of the front cover and the inner wall of the rear cover are each provided with a concave portion having a shape corresponding to the outer peripheral surface of the main condenser, and the front inner wall of the front cover is provided. The lens-fitted film unit is characterized in that a projection for restricting the main capacitor to be pressed against the rear cover is planted.