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Class Number: 354 Class Title: PHOTOGRAPHY Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 EXPOSING MULTICOLOR CATHODE RAY TUBE TARGETS 2 DAGUERREOTYPE 3 ELECTRIC PHOTOGRAPHY 4 LINE GENERATION 5 PHOTOTYPE COMPOSING 6 .Photoelectronic type 7 .With programmed control 8 .With line inter-space adding 9 ..Tabulating or adjusting line length 10 .Optical line correction 11 .With means to detect indicia 12 .With character means 13 ..Plural character types 14 ..With a moveable carrier 15 ...Rotary 16 ....Key operative 17 ..Fixed carrier 18 .Support structure 19 ..Character holder 20 SENSITOMETRY (E.G., OPTICAL WEDGE MAKING, ETC.) 21 FILM CARRIER CONTROLS CAMERA OPERATION 400 AUTOMATIC CAMERA FOCUSING 401 .Using sound 402 .Having photoelectric focusing system or device 403 ..Using active ranging 404 ..With moving optical means in front of photocell 405 ...With moving mirror 406 ..With stationary beam splitter 407 ...Having split image means 408 ..With two separate stationary predetector optical systems 409 ..With focus indicator 410 AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL SYSTEM OR DEVICE 411 .Nonphotoelectric exposure control type 412 .For controlling entire photographic operation 413 .Including artificial illumination system or device 414 ..For fill-in illumination 415 ..With Pre-exposure flashing 416 ..With flash termination control 417 ...Quench type 418 ..Charge level or power supply responsive 419 ..Automatically activated under low light condition 420 ..Controlling exposure without controlling flash 421 ...With follow focus control of exposure 422 ...With single circuit controlling the shutter and diaphragm 423 ...With means for controlling only the diaphram 424 ..With photocell used as flashed trigger 425 .Having log transformation circuit 426 ..Digital 427 ..With log expansion 428 ..With temperature compensation circuit 429 .Having plural photocells 430 ..Measuring special property of light or subject (e.g. color,, speed, etc.) 431 ..With light reflected from film or shutter 432 ..With more than two cells 433 ..With only two cells measuring light directly from subject 434 ..With only two cells used to control exposure time 435 .Having circuit for controlling a diaphragm shutter 436 ..Walking beam type 437 ...Using digital control 438 ..Clamp or stop needle type 439 ..Stepping motor type 440 ..Solenoid control type 441 .Having circuit for controlling separate diaphragm and shutter 442 ..With selectable priority 443 ..With programmed control only 444 ..With exposure time priority only 445 ..With aperture priority only 446 .Having circuit for controlling diaphragm only 447 ..Clamp or stop needle type 448 ..Ratchet/pawl type 449 ..Direct drive galvanometer type 450 ...With bridge circuit 451 ..Servo motor type 452 ...Using stepping motor 453 ..Including special driving arrangement 454 ..Including irregular diaphragm opening 455 ..With interchangeable lens 456 .Having circuit for controlling shutter only 457 ..With piezoelectric driven shutter 458 ..With digital counter 459 ..With at least one RC circuit for timing 460 ...Including memory capacitor 461 ...Including plural selectable caopacitors 462 ..Clamp or stop needle type 463 ..Using oscillating voltage for drive purposes 464 ..With current, voltage, or temperature compensation 465 .Including indicator means 466 ..Having holographic display 467 ..Using sound 468 ..Displaying battery condition 469 ..Galvanometer type 470 ...With plural pointers or match needle 471 ..Having nonmechanical visual display 472 ...Bar graph type 473 ...High/Low/Ok type 474 ...Using more than three display means 475 ....Character segment type 476 .With photocell at specific position within camera 477 ..Movable into and out of light path 478 ..In or on pentaprism assembly 479 ..With light reflected by suplemental mirror 480 ..With light reflected from film or shutter 481 ..Having means for changing or limiting the photocell's field of view 482 ..With color filter 483 ..With variable light transmission means 484 .With power supply details 485 .With printed circuit details 486 .With mechanical switch detailss 62 EYE, MOUTH, OR BODY PHOTOGRAPHY 63 HOLLOW CAVITY TYPE 64 UNDERWATER TYPE 65 AERIAL CAMERA 66 .With shutter or film feed speed and air or spin speed synchronizing 67 .Remote exposure control 68 .Simultaneous recording of plural images 69 ..Plural images recorded on plural film 70 .With camera direction stabilizing (e.g., gyroscope, etc.) 71 .Including continuously moving film 72 .With indicator, signal or scale 73 .Including synchronization 74 .Support or holder 75 COMBINED OR CONVERTIBLE 76 .Combined with diverse art device 77 ..With projector 78 ...And developing means 79 ..With compound lens systems (e.g., microscope, etc.) 80 ..With object support 81 ..With support means 82 ...Operator supported 83 DEVELOPING CAMERAS 84 .Including means to treat superimposed material 85 ..Including pressure means 86 ...Roller 87 ....Roll material only 88 .Including fluid appliator 89 .Including film processing tank 90 ..And means to move film 91 ...With tank filling means 92 ...Roll type only 93 ...Plural tanks 94 PANORAMIC CAMERA 95 .Including reflector 96 .Concave film surface 98 .Convex film surface 99 .Synchronization of film and camera movement 100 COLOR 101 .Lenticular 102 ..Plural color filter sections 103 .Simultaneous recording of images 104 ..Images recorded on separate films 105 EXPOSURE IDENTIFICATION 106 .Autographic camera 107 ..Stencil or indicia transfer strip 108 ...Removable 109 .With auxiliary identification photographing system 110 PLURAL IMAGE RECORDING 111 .Convertible 112 .Stereoscopic 113 ..Plural camera arrangement 114 ..Single camera with plural spaced objectives 115 ...With lenticular screen, mirror or prism 116 ...Film feed or guide 117 ..Plural image reflection onto single objective 118 .Multiplying 119 ..Different planess 120 .Formed on single plate (e.g., multiplex, etc.) 121 ..Including rotary objective or plate support 122 ..Including pre-objective element 123 ..Including shiftable objective or plate support 124 ...Shiftable plate only 125 ..Including shiftable post-objective mask 126 OBJECT ILLUMINATION COMBINED WITH CAMERA STRUCTURE 127.1 .With measuring, testing or indicating 127.11 ..Having flash ready indicator 127.12 ...Indicating power source status 127.13 ..Having distance indicator 129 .With camera synchronization 130 ..Shutter controlled by explosive force of flash device 131 ..Remote control (e.g., radio wave, etc.) 132 ..Multiple illumination units 133 ..With shutter relay or solenoid 134 ..With pneumatic shutter release 135 ..Energizing generator contained in flash unit 136 ..Reflex focusing mirror closes contacts 137 ..With time delay adjustment means 138 ...Positional 140 ..With detachable synchronizer 141 ..Convertible illumination means 142 ..Percussive illumination source 143 ..Flash unit includes spare lamps 144 ...With unison film advance and lamp switching 145.1 ..Electronic flash unit 146 ..Curtain shutter 147 ..Flash unit contacts actuated by shutter movement 148 .Lamp substitution 149.1 .With variable illumination angle 149.11 .With flash built into camera 150 INCLUDING MEANS TO REFLECT IMAGE TO FILM 151 TWIN LENS REFLEX CAMERA 152 REFLEX CAMERA WITH SINGLE OBJECTIVE 153 .Film advance means sets mirror 154 .With means to block light from film (e.g., screen, etc.) 155 .Plural optical means in view finder 156 .With manipulating means (e.g., lever, etc.) 157 .Plate camera 158 .Folding, collapsible or bellows camera 159 PICTURE SIZE VARIABLE 160 CAMERA BACK OR FILM CARRIER ANGULARLY ADJUSTABLE 161 CAMERA FILM AND FOCUSING SCREEN EXCHANGEABLE 162 WITH RANGE FINDER 163 .Range finder coupled with focusing 164 ..With parallax correction 165 ..Focusing lights 166 ..With view finder 167 ..With adjustable coupling to compensate for change of camera lens 168 ..Cam means to actuate range finder 169 ..Lever means to actuate range finder 170 MOTOR FILM DRIVE (e.g., spring, etc.) 171 .Automatic film advance 172 ..With spring tension indicator 173.1 ..With electric motor 173.11 ...Having electronic timingg 174 MAGAZINE CAMERA 175 .Rotatable magazine 176 .Hand changed plate 177 .Tilting magazine 178 .Flexible carrier for plates 179 ..With tab means 180 .Sliding plate 181 ..Sliding and return 182 ..Intermediate exposure chamber 183 .Quarter-turned plate 184 ..Tilting 185 ...Base guides 186 .Rear plate replaceable 187 FOLDING, COLLAPSIBLE, OR BELLOWS CAMERA 188 .With focusing screen 189 .Camera front or lens mount angularly adjustable 190 .With lens movable in its plane 191 .With guide and lock 192 .With hinged base attached to bellows 193 ..With self-erecting lens holder 194 .Hinged bellows type 195.1 MANUAL CAMERA FOCUSING 195.11 .Diaphragm controlled by focusing 195.12 .Plural lenses 195.13 .With distance indicator 199 .With view finder 200 ..Including focusing screen 201 ...And reflector 202 CAMERA DETAILS 203 .Film restraining means 204 .Interlocking film advance and shutter tension or setting 205 ..Focal plane shutter 206 ..Including film movement limiting means 207 .Double exposure prevention 208 ..Foldable, collapsible, or extensible camera structure 209 ..With manual over-ride (i.e., permits double exposure) 210 .Plural film type 211 .Film cut-off 212 .Film advancing means 213 ..With film movement limiting means (i.e., movement stops after one frame) 214 ..Including rewind means 215 ..Including film position indicating means 216 ..Posterior rolls 217 .Film frame counting or measuring 218 ..Measuring 219 .View finder 220 ..Pose reflector 221 ..Parallax correction 222 ..Selective or adjustable view-finder field 223 ..Selective or adjustable viewing position 224 ..With reflector 225 ...Plural 226 .Shutter 227.1 ..Electro-optical type 228 ..With diaphragm 229 ...Plural apertured diaphragm 230 ...Shutter and diaphragm formed by the same pivoted or slidingg plates 231 ...Including coupled shutter and diaphragm 232 ...Diaphragm opens for focusing or viewing 233 ..With shutter between lens 234.1 ..Dynamo-electric actuated 235.1 ...Single linear solenoid 236 ..Plural shutters 237 ..With delayed release means 238.1 ...Including electric circuit means 239 ...With clock-train 240 ....Detachable from camera 241 ..Curtain or flexible plate type 242 ...Plural curtains or plates 243 ....Curtains width opening 244 .....More than two rollers 245 ..Sliding rigid plate 246 ...Plural plates 247 ....Moves in opposite directions 248 ...Rectilinear reciprocation 249 ....Vertical motion 250 ..Pivoting or rotating blade 251 ...With cocking means 252 ...With brake means 253 ...Including aperture cover or lid 254 ...Shutter blade moves continuously from closed to open to closed position 255 ....Blade moves in opposite direction on alternate exposures 256 ...With retard means 257 ....Including pneumatic means 258.1 ....Including electric circuit means 259 ....Including gear means 260 ....Including cam means 261 ...Plural oscillating blades 262 ....With gear means 263 ....With pneumatic actuator 264 ....Symmetrical opening 265 ....Opposite movement 266 ..Release or actuator means 267.1 ...Timing means 268 ...With safety lock 269 ...Cable release 270 .Diaphragms 271.1 ..Electrically operated 272 ..Diaphragm opens for focusing or viewing 273 ..With indicator 274 ..Plural pivoted blades 275 .Detachable or removeable film holder unit 276 ..Plate or cut film holders 277 ...Light seals 278 ...Plate fastenings and kits 279 ....Adjustable 280 ...Solution drains and resistants 281 ...Closure locks and checks 282 ...Auxiliary 283 ...With dark slide 284 ....With hinged parts 285 ....Double holder 286 .Lens mountt 287 .Hoods 288 .Body structure or housing 289.1 .Indicator or setting means 289.11 ..Indicia on lens ring or housing 289.12 ...With electric circuit means 290 STUDIO STRUCTURE 291 BACKGROUNDS 292 PHOTOGRAPHIC MODEL OR SUPPORT 293 CAMERA MOUNTING OR REST 294 .Stereo 295 CAMERA OPERATING ATTACHMENT 296 .Vignetter 297 FLUID-TREATING APPARATUS 298 .Photocell controlled 299 .And temperature control 300 .Gaseous-treating 301 .Treating superimposed or laminar sheets 302 ..Rollers sequentially submerge and press sheet 303 ..With fluid dispensing 304 ...Collapsible container 305 ..With fluid reservoir 306 .Reversal processing 307 .Dark cabinet 308 ..Hand or body insertion 309 ...With ventilation 310 ..Daylight loading 311 ..With film-holding cabinet insertable into developing tank 312 ..With film support or handling means 313 ...Roll film handling 314 ....With motor driven film winding spool 315 ...Plate film handling means 316 ...Film immersed and removed 317 .Fluid application to one side only of film 318 ..By roller or web 319 .With film or paper feed 320 ..And film immersed and removed 321 ...Strip type 322 ...Plural stations 323 .Single station and plural fluids 324 .With fluid circulating means 325 ..And fluid spraying means 326 ..And plate support means 327 ..By rocking tray or support 328 .With fluid agitating means 329 ..Rotating carriers 330 ...Motor driven 331 .Film or print processing vessel 332 ..With interlocking doors 333 ..Attachment or accessory 334 ...Visual film scanner 335 ...Adjustable film holding means 336 ...Reservoir 337 ..With film or plate support 338 ..With film guiding ribs 339 .Film guide 340 .Film holding device 341 ..Spool 342 ..Tensioning meanss 343 ..Adjustable means 344 ..Retaining means 345 ..Gripping means 346 ...Opposed frame gripping means 347 ...Plate 348 RETOUCHING 349 .Stands 350 ..Vibrating 351 BURNISHING 352 .Rotary machine 353 ..Interally heated 354 MISCELLANEOUS