Photography – Camera detail – Lens cover
Patent
1996-08-23
1998-01-13
Mathews, A. A.
Photography
Camera detail
Lens cover
396349, G03B 1704
Patent
active
057088918
ABSTRACT:
A camera has barrier supported by a rail block attached to the body of the camera and movable from a fully closed position where the barrier entirely covers the front of an imaging lens to a fully opened position where the barrier is fully retracted clear of the front of the imaging lens. At its fully closed position and fully opened position, the barrier clicks when a ball is pressed into contact with a cam formed on the rear surface of the barrier. Projection of the ball is restrained by a slip-off prevention portion of the rail block so that the barrier is not subjected to an excessive urging force. In the camera, the barrier is not subjected to an unnecessarily large urging force and is less likely to lift away from the camera. The advantage is particularly great if the barrier in use is narrower than the outer diameter of a lens barrel.
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Ando Hiroyuki
Inoue Takashi
Muroi Takashi
Suzuki Tatsuya
Mathews A. A.
Olympus Optical Co,. Ltd.
Weinstein Louis
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