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Lens barrel

US7511900B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateAug 15, 2007
Grant dateMar 31, 2009
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A lens barrel of the present invention is of a retractable type. After one frame is retreated from a photographing optical path, another frame moves in an optical axis direction to a position where the one frame has been disposed. The one frame is, for example, a lens frame, and the other frame is, for example, a shutter frame. The present invention can be understood as the invention of a method of switching the lens barrel to a stored state (a retracted state).

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