Kodak Medalist II User Manual

on the left end of the safety lever assembly into the
slot. The safety control driving shaft assembly
will stop turning unless it is forced.
With film in the camera, the top edge of the
back makes contact with the safety latch, holding it
in, and the safety control driving shaft is turned by
the film as the film is drawn past by the winding
key knob. Thus, in actual use of the camera, the
secondpart of the operating cycle overlaps the first
part of the cycle and the prong on the safety lever
falls into the slot shortly after the shutter is cocked.
THIRD
STEP.
When the safety latch is again held in and the
winding key knob is turned, the lower prong on the
left end of the safety lever assembly is engaged be-
tween the teeth of the key post gear. Turning the
winding key knob now forces the safety lever as-
semblytoward the right. As the safety lever moves,
the right end pushes the trigger lock spring out of
the slot in the trigger button.
Atthe same time the black spring on the left end
of the safety lever assembly moves up past the first
step on the safety lever spring stop plate and locks
on the second step.
Also at the same time, the second studfrom the
left end of the safety lever pushes the shutter set-
ting gear stop lever away from the stud on the shut-
ter setting gear. This allows the shutter setting
gear spring to pull the shutter setting gear around
so that the stud is on the other side of the project-
ing lug on the stop lever. The first gear tooth after
the cutout portion is now engaged with the key post
gear, and the shutter setting gear is in position to
turn and cock the shutter when the cycle is repeated.
NEW STYLE FOCUSING DIAL.
The range finder mechanism has been improved.
If any trouble is encountered, the range finder mech-
anism parts should be changed to the new style parts
listed below. The old style mechanism parts, illus-
trated in figure 14 , are no longer available .
NEW PARTS REQUIRED.
Part No. Part Name
78793 Anti-back lash gear screw
105612 Range finder cam assembly
103632 Cam follower spring post
No. Reqd.
1
105615 Focusing scale bracket assembly
103636 Focusing scale pinion
105611 Cam follower arm
106030 Range finder cam follower screw
103629 Anti-back lash gear
103630 Anti-back lash gear spring
103637 Focusing scale
74111 Range finder cam spring screw
78849 Range finder cam follower spring
59044 Focusing scale screw
105619 Cam return spring
59044 Cam follower arm screw
66860 Focus scale bracket screw
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1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
FOURTH STEP.
When the trigger button is pushed down, the lower
end bears against the trigger bell crank underneath
the mechanism plate. As the lower end of the bell
crankis forced downward, the stud on the upper end
of the
bell crank forces the trigger plate (figure 1)
to the left and downward, releasing the shutter. The
trigger plate bears against the right shutter operat-
ing lever lug assembly, which in turn bears against
the shutter operating lever and end assembly.
As the trigger plate moves to the left, the ver-
tical edge of the plate, which extends up through the
mechanism plate, bears against the longer end of the
trigger plate bell crank (figure 13),forcing the short-
er end of the trigger plate bell crank against the
safety lever assembly near the right end. Since
the
safety lever assembly is mounted on one pivot
stud, the left end moves in the opposite direction;
and as the black spring on the safety lever assembly
slips past the second step on the safety lever spring
stop plate, the safety lever spring, assisted by the
trigger lock spring, pulls the whole safety lever
assembly back to the left. In a properly adjusted
camera, the black spring on the safety lever as-
sembly slips off the second step on the safety lever
spring stop plate at the exact instant the shutter is
released.
As pressure on the trigger button is relaxed,
the trigger plate spring pulls the trigger plate back
to its original position and the trigger lock spring,
no longer held out by the safety lever assembly,
drops into the slot in the trigger button and prevents
it from being depressed again until the cycle is
repeated and the spring is again pushed out.
DISASSEMBLY OF THE FOCUSING DIAL.
Remove the range finder actuating lever link
(figure 1) by first removing the back of the camera.
Extend the focusing tube assembly (figure 9) out to
the
limit of travel. Insert the blade of a jeweler's
screwdriver in the key slot of the link, and pull the
link back to disengage and remove it. Retract the
focusing tube to the closed position. Remove the
direct view finder cover assembly (figure 2) by re-
moving the four direct view finder screws. Lift
off the
direct view finder cover, being careful to
lift it straight up.
CAUTION: If the coveF is pulled off at
an angle it will strike the parallax frame
and may bend it out of adjustment.
Remove the range finder focusing dial by un-
hooking the dial spring from the shouldered bracket
screw. Lift off the dial and spring.
~move the key knob screw (figure 4) and lift
off the key knob. Remove the three counter dial
housing screws and lift off the counter dial housing
complete. Remove the key post spring washer and
the flat key post spaCing washer if one is used on
the camera .

Kodak Medalist II Specifications

General

Brand	Kodak
Model	Medalist II
Category	Film Camera
Language	English