Patent · US Expired

Camera equipped with zoom lens

US5970260A · kind A · utility

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26Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 1, 1998
Grant dateOct 19, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 1, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/10
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a camera equipped with a zoom lens for forming an image of an object onto a film surface, the camera is equipped with a front lens group composed of a first lens group, adjustable aperture blades, a second lens group, and a second lens group-holding member; a back lens group provided; and an actuator to drive the adjustable aperture blade. The actuator is provided on the object-side from a space between the second lens group and the back lens group.

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