Patent · US Expired

Camera having a photo-taking lens barrel movable in the direction of the optic axis

US4721972A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 21, 1986
Grant dateJan 26, 1988
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 21, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/04
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a camera having a photo-taking lens barrel displaceable in the direction of the optic axis, the lens barrel includes a photo-taking optical system, a lens barrier blade disposed forwardly of the optical system and movable in a plane orthogonal to the optic axis of the optical system between a closed position for covering the front of the optical system and an opened position for exposing the front of the optical system, a shutter blade serving also as a diaphragm, the shutter blade being disposed rearwardly of the optical system and opened and closed to expose a film to light, an outer shell surrounding the optical system, the barrier blade and the shutter blade, and a shutter blade driving device disposed in a space rearward of the barrier blade when in the opened position and surrounding the optical system, the driving device driving the shutter blade.

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