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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 1977
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1976
Nobuyoshi Inoue, Kawagoe, JA;
Toshihisa Saito, Tokyo, JA;
Copal Company Limited, , JA;
Abstract
A built-in self-timer for cameras comprising a cocking member movable to the uncocked position and cocked position, a sector gear engageable with said cocking member and capable of being brought to the cocked position from the uncocked position by the cocking member, a checking member engageable with an interlocking member and capable of locking in the cocked position a delaying gear train meshed with the sector gear, and a locking member engaged with the checking member and engageable with the cocking member and interlocking member so that, even after the self-timer is set in the using state, if the cocking member is returned to the uncocked position, the delaying gear train may be automatically returned to the uncocked position and, at the same time, the checking member and locking member may be moved to a position of not engaging with the interlocking member.