Patent · US Expired

Lens holding device capable of adjusting lens position

US5357300A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 28, 1992
Grant dateOct 18, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 28, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/023
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a lens holding device, a plurality of protrusions of equal height are provided oppositely at the front and rear of the periphery of a plastic photographic lens. The plurality of protrusions are substantially equidistant. Three sets of stairs, each having a plurality of steps with a predetermined difference in height between adjacent steps, are provided at positions corresponding to the protrusions in a lens receiving member and a lens pressing member, between which the lens is sandwiched. The position of the lens can be adjusted from a most advanced position to a most retreated position along the optical axis by selecting a preferred step of each of the stairs.

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