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Automatic-exposure control device for optical instruments

US4100558A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 17, 1975
Grant dateJul 11, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 17, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K7/14
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Herein disclosed is an electromagnetic rotary motion device including permanent magnets establishing a pair of spaced concentric and coextensive circular or semicircular air gaps and a rotor unit including armatures which are movable in a circular path in and along the spaced air gaps in response to an electric control signal impressed thereon. A typical application of the rotary motion device is a diaphragm-assisted exposure control arrangement of an optical instrument, such as for example as a still camera, a cinema motion camera or a television camera, wherein the diaphragm is driven by the rotor unit for providing a degree of exposure which is optimum for the brightness of an object to be photographed or televised.

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