Patent · US Expired

Lens hood with an eccentrically disposed light intercepting body for a camera

US4461547A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 23, 1983
Grant dateJul 24, 1984
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B11/045
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A shiftable lens hood for a camera includes a light-intercepting body which has its front end representing a sectional form taken on a plane inclined to the center axis thereof of which is secured to a lens barrel of the camera, in eccentric relationship with its mounting section, whereby even when a taking lens is shifted effective light rays within a photographing angle of view are not shaded, thus an effective light-intercepting effect being obtainable.

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