1994-10-27
1996-02-06
Blankenship, Howard B.
354187, G03B 118
Patent
active
054899583
ABSTRACT:
A lens barrel comprises a barrier provided at a front aperture of a photographing lens, a barrier driving mechanism for opening and closing the barrier, a lens driving mechanism for moving at least one lens group in an optical-axis direction, a driving device for operating the lens driving mechanism and the barrier driving mechanism, and a driving force switching device for transmitting driving force of the driving device to a lens driving mechanism at a state capable of photographing and for transmitting driving force of the driving device to a barrier driving mechanism at a state incapable of photographing linked with the movement of the photographing lens from a state capable of photographing to a state incapable of photographing.
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Akitake Hiroshi
Hayashi Shigeo
Katagiri Moriya
Satoh Kazuhiro
Sugita Yukihiko
Blankenship Howard B.
Olympus Optical Co,. Ltd.
Weinstein Louis
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