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Mirror device for a camera

US4673278A · kind A · utility

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3References
7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 28, 1985
Grant dateJun 16, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B19/12
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A mirror device for a camera having a first mirror arrangement pivotable from a finder-viewing position to an exposure or retracted position, and a second mirror arrangement pivotable with its fulcrum formed on the first mirror arrangement. While the first mirror arrangement moves pivotally from the finder-viewing position to the exposure or retracted position, the second mirror arrangement is pivotally moved from a resting position in contact with the first mirror arrangement as it is open, through a sliding movement on a camming surface of the camera body to a closing position for a half-mirrored portion of the first arrangement.

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