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Lens barrel with improved drum arrangement

US5381272A · kind A · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 22, 1993
Grant dateJan 10, 1995
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/04
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A lens barrel including a fixed drum, a rotary drum rotatably fitted in the fixed drum and a lens drum, disposed in the rotary drum, for accommodating lens. The lens drum is movable in the optical-axis direction of the lens with a rotation of the rotary drum. The lens barrel has an adjusting drum disposed in a subject-side position between the fixed drum and the rotary drum. The adjusting drum thread-engages with the fixed drum. The adjusting drum is, when rotated, moved in the optical-axis direction. With this movement, the rotary drum and the lens drum also move in the optical-axis direction, thus adjusting a relative position of the rotary drum with respect to the fixed drum.

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