Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Yoshiyuki Kitahara

Moriya Katagiri

Yukihiko Sugita

Tatsuya Suzuki

Kunio Yokoyama

Hiroaki Miyazaki

Hidenori Sakurai

Shinya Takahashi

Hiroshi Terada

Naohiro Tsuchida

A clutch unit according to the present invention includes a driving sleeve fixed to a driving shaft and a driven sleeve fixed to a driven shaft. A coil-like clutch spring is received on the driven sleeve, and a clutch sleeve is received on the driving sleeve. When the driving shaft is rotated normally or reversely, the driving sleeve abuts one of the arm portions of the clutch spring. Consequently, the clutch spring engages the driven sleeve. Torque producing rotation in either direction is transmitted to the driven shaft. The clutch unit also can operate as an overrunning clutch. When the clutch unit is adapted to a film feeding and driving system in a camera, the clutch unit can be positioned to utilize what had been dead spaces in a camera body, thus promoting compact camera design.

Clutch unit and camera

A film drive mechanism for a camera, in which a drive force of a motor is transmitted through a differential gear mechanism to a wind shaft and a rewind shaft and is also transmitted through a screw gear to a spool shaft or a fork shaft whereby, operations of winding and rewinding film are performed. The rewind shaft is placed in such a manner as to be inclined to the drive shaft of the differential gear mechanism. Also, a pair of engaging gears in the drive force transmission device are aligned so that their axes of rotation are oblique to one another. This film drive mechanism requires small space than conventional designs and is small in weight and is advantageous for the cost thereof.

Drive force transmission device for camera

Drive force transmission device for a camera, namely, a film drive mechanism for a camera, in which a drive force of a motor is transmitted through a differential gear mechanism to a wind shaft and a rewind shaft and is also transmitted through a screw gear to a spool shaft or a fork shaft whereby operations of winding and rewinding film are performed. The rewind shaft is placed in such a manner as to be inclined to the drive shaft of the differential gear mechanism. Moreover, a fork shaft and a spool shaft to be driven by film at the time of winding or rewinding the film can be driven even when the screw gear and the helical gear remain engaged with each other. This film drive mechanism occupies only a small space and is small in weight and is advantageous for the cost thereof.

Drive force transmission mechanism having inclined drive shaft for camera

A camera comprises a camera body, a film Patrone stowage chamber defined in the camera body, a cover member to be freely opened or closed relative to the camera body, an elastic member that is attached to the cover member, and that when the cover member is closed relative to the camera body, is opposed to the film Patrone chamber, and a low-friction member that is attached to the elastic member, and that when the cover member is closed with the film Patrone mounted in the film Patrone stowage chamber, meets at least part of the film Patrone so as to press and slide the film Patrone.

Camera with low-friction elastic insert on cover

A camera having a device for feeding a film, includes a driving unit for generating driving force, a first unit to be driven for feeding the film in a first direction, a second unit to be driven for feeding the film in a second direction which is different from the first direction, and a portion to be driven always engaged with the driving unit, a shaft unit being angularly moved by the driving unit, a driving portion always engaged with the first unit to be driven for moving the shaft unit while angularly moving the shaft unit in an axial direction of the shaft unit when the shaft unit is angularly moved by the driving unit, and an engagement portion for being engaged with the second unit to be driven.

Camera

A camera having a device for feeding a film, comprises a driving unit for generating driving force, a first unit to be driven for feeding the film in a first direction, a second unit to be driven for feeding the film in a second direction which is different from the first direction, and a portion to be driven always engaged with the driving unit, a shaft unit being angularly moved by the driving unit, a driving portion always engaged with the first unit to be driven for moving the shaft unit while angularly moving the shaft unit in an axial direction of the shaft unit when the shaft unit is angularly moved by the driving unit, and an engagement portion for being engaged with the second unit to be driven.

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Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiyuki Kitahara