Patent · US Expired

Sliding finger plate focus adjusting device for a binocular

US4240690A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1979
Grant dateDec 23, 1980
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Expiry dateJan 15, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/06
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A focus adjusting device for a binocular which is constructed with a pair of object lens barrels, a pair of ocular lens barrels slidably fitted in the objective lens barrels, brackets for connecting the pairs of the object lens barrels and the ocular lens barrels, a hollow cylindrical shaft, on which the brackets are centrally hinged, a back-and-forth moving shaft inserted concentrically into the hollow cylindrical shaft, a seat member in a semi-circular shape, through which the outer peripheral surface of the hollow cylindrical shaft pierces, the seat member having a flattened platform, a finger plate member slidably fitted on the top flattened platform of the seat member to move left and right directions, each of the cylindrical shaft, the back-and-forth moving shaft, and the finger plate member having a long hole, through which a single pin studded upright from the back-and-forth moving shaft passes, the long hole in the finger plate member being formed slantly so that when the finger plate member is moved left-and-right direction, the upright pin causes the ocular lens barrels to move back and forth with the back-and-forth moving shaft to perform focus operation.

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