US3407717A - One-piece moldable camera socket for detachably holding a multilamp photoflash package - Google Patents

One-piece moldable camera socket for detachably holding a multilamp photoflash package Download PDF

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US3407717A
US3407717A US471182A US47118265A US3407717A US 3407717 A US3407717 A US 3407717A US 471182 A US471182 A US 471182A US 47118265 A US47118265 A US 47118265A US 3407717 A US3407717 A US 3407717A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00—Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/74—Devices having four or more poles, e.g. holders for compact fluorescent lamps
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B15/00—Special procedures for taking photographs; Apparatus therefor
    • G03B15/02—Illuminating scene
    • G03B15/03—Combinations of cameras with lighting apparatus; Flash units
    • G03B15/04—Combinations of cameras with non-electronic flash apparatus; Non-electronic flash units
    • G03B15/041—Separatable flash apparatus; Means for mounting the flash apparatus on the photographic apparatus
    • G03B15/0431—Rotatable mounting means
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B15/00—Special procedures for taking photographs; Apparatus therefor
    • G03B15/02—Illuminating scene
    • G03B15/03—Combinations of cameras with lighting apparatus; Flash units
    • G03B15/04—Combinations of cameras with non-electronic flash apparatus; Non-electronic flash units
    • G03B15/0442—Constructional details of the flash apparatus; Arrangement of lamps, reflectors, or the like

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  • a multilamp photoflash socket having a base, a control ring with indexing notches for cooperating with the camera indexing mechanism, a plurality of upwardly ex tending flexible retaining fingers for engaging the retaining lugs extending downwardly from the connecting base of the multilamp package, and a cylindrical outer wall having a plurality of radially inwardly extending ribs the top surfaces of which define an access opening into the socket to aid insertion of the multilamp package.
  • This invention relates to flash photography, and more particularly, to socket arrangements for receiving multilamp photoflash packages.
  • Such a package includes an attaching platform on which are mounted a plurality of photoflash lamps and individual reflectors.
  • My invention comprises a one-piece socket, which may be used in a suitable flash device, to detachably receive and retain these packages.
  • a primary object of my invention resides, therefore, in the provision of one-piece multilarnp package receiving socket for use in a suitable fiash device.
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of a one piece socket according to my invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line 2-2 of FIG. 1, showing the socket with a multilamp package attached.
  • a one-piece multilamp receiving socket 10 comprises an annular body portion 12 including four ribs extending inwardly therefrom, the top surface 13 of which defines a central access opening 14 in the shape shown.
  • An integral base 15 at the lower end of body 12 defines an upwardly extending stabilizing stud 16.
  • a plurality of resilient retaining fingers 17 having engaging projections 18 defining upper cam surfaces 19 and lower latch surfaces 20.
  • the socket 10 may also include a suitable control ring 23 with indexing notches 24 to control the position of the socket by an indexing mechanism.
  • a suitable indexing mechanism in a photographic still camera is shown in US. application Ser. No. 458,015, now Patent No. 3,353,467, filed May 24, 1965.
  • the central stabilizing stud 16 may define a slot 26 through which an ejector pin may pass to provide for selective ejection of an inserted lamp package.
  • the lamp package as described in the above applications Ser. No. 417,913 and 417,914 includes a base 30 and a depending connecting post 31 of cylindrical shape which is placed over the stabilizing stud 16 When inserted into the access opening 14.
  • the post 31 includes at its lower 3,407,717 Patented Oct. 29, 1968 end four retaining lugs 32 extending radially outwardly and having upper and lower ramp surfaces.
  • each lug 32 engages the cam surface .19 of a respective finger projection 18 to move the finger laterally outwardly against its bias.
  • the fingers spring back until the latch surfaces 20 engage the upper ramped surfaces of the lugs 32 to retain the package as shown in FIG. 2.
  • Removal of the package from the socket by pushing with an ejector pin at the lower edge of post 31, or by pulling the package out, causes the upper ramped surfaces of lugs 32 to again move fingers 17 outwardly until they are clear of the lugs 32.
  • the socket and package retaining means is in one piece, which may be formed by molding.
  • a suitable material from which to mold the socket 10 is a polycarbonate plastic, although any material having sufiicient elastic resiliency to form the fingers 17 may be used.
  • a one-piece molded socket adapted to detachably hold a multilamp photoflash package comprising:
  • a base adapted for mounting on a camera
  • said st-ud is hollow and defines an ejector slot extending through the wall thereof for receiving an ejector pin of the camera for use in detaching the multilamp photoflash package from said socket; and including a control ring extending radially outwardly of said base and defining a plurality of notches therein adapted for operative engagement with an indexing mechanism of the camera.
  • the apparatus according to claim 1 including:
  • ribs extending radially inwardly from said wall and terminating short of said stud, said ribs being interleaved with said fingers, the top surface of said ribs defining an access opening into said socket for said package.
  • a one-piece molded socket for detachably holding a multila'mp photoflash package comprising:
  • a body member adapted to receive a multilamp photofiash package
  • each of said fingers including a projection having upper and lower ramped surfaces;
  • a stabilizing stud extending from said body member and adapted to engage a downwardly extending post on a multilamp photoflash package inserted into the socket.
  • a one-piece molded camera socket for detachably retaining a multilamp photoflash package of the type having a base including a downwardly extending, hollow center post having a plurality of equally spaced retaining lugs extending radially outwardly from the lower end of the post, said socket comprising:
  • a base adapted for mounting the socket on a camera
  • a centrally positioned stabilizing stud extending upwardly from said base and terminating above the ends of said fingers, said stud having a size adapted to provide a relatively tight fit within said hollow center post.
  • the apparatus according to claim 5 including:
  • control ring integrally molded to said base and extending radially outwardly therefrom, said ring defining a plurality of notches for operative engagement with an indexing mechanism of the camera.
  • said stud defines an ejector slot extending through the wall thereof for receiving an ejector pin of the camera for use in detaching the package from said socket, and including a substantially cylindrical outer wall extending upwardly from said base radially outwardly of said fingers, said wall having a height greater than that of said fingers and less than that of said stud;
  • ribs extending radially inwardly from said wall and terminating short of said stud, the top surface of said ribs defining an access opening into said socket for said package.
  • a one-piece, molded socket adapted to detachably retain a multilarnp photofiash package comprising:
  • control ring extending radially outwardly from said base and defining a plurality of notches therein;
  • a central, hollow, stabilizing stud extending upwardly from said base and terminating beyond the ends of said fingers, said stud defining an ejector slot extending through the walls thereof;
  • ribs extending radially inwardly from said wall and terminating short of said stud, said ribs being interleaved with said fingers, the top surface of said ribs defining an access Opening into said socket for said package.

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GB21018/66A GB1154351A (en) 1965-07-12 1966-05-12 Photoflash Socket
BE683022D BE683022A (GUID-C5D7CC26-194C-43D0-91A1-9AE8C70A9BFF.html) 1965-07-12 1966-06-23
DEE23703U DE1947802U (de) 1965-07-12 1966-07-08 Fassung fuer blitzlampeneinheiten.
DE19661497475 DE1497475B1 (de) 1965-07-12 1966-07-08 Fassung fuer Blitzlampeneinheiten

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US3523270A (en) * 1968-10-01 1970-08-04 Ideal Toy Corp Integral socket for photoflash lamp
US3612849A (en) * 1968-10-08 1971-10-12 Sylvania Electric Prod Multilamp flash unit
US3640194A (en) * 1970-06-29 1972-02-08 Polaroid Corp Photographic apparatus for mounting a multilamp flash unit
US3786737A (en) * 1972-07-17 1974-01-22 Polaroid Corp Photographic flash assembly
US3857667A (en) * 1973-10-23 1974-12-31 Gte Sylvania Inc Photoflash lamp array having support structure on base
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US4590540A (en) * 1984-05-10 1986-05-20 Rca Corporation Circuit board mounting arrangement
US4738630A (en) * 1985-04-16 1988-04-19 Patent-Treuhand-Gesellschaft Fur Elektrische Gluhlampen Mbh Socket for receiving the base of a single-based fluorescent lamp
US6074234A (en) * 1998-04-13 2000-06-13 Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd. Connector assembly with locking structures disposed in concave exterior corners
EP2570234A1 (de) * 2011-09-13 2013-03-20 Alwa GmbH Konstruktion & Formenbau Aufnahmeträger

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