Patent · US Expired

Zoom lens with a mechanism for moving a first lens so as to be compactly housed

US4779964A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 1986
Grant dateOct 25, 1988
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B15/1421
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A zoom lens has at least a first group lens and a second group lens which are spaced a greater distance from each other in one of telephoto setting and wide angle setting than the other setting, and a mechanism for moving the first group lens from said one setting toward an image formation plane.

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