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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1981
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Atsushi Someya, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350423 ; 350429 ;
Abstract
In the disclosed zoom lens a front lens group serves for focusing, a variator group and a compensator group for zooming and a fixed lens group for forming an image. In the basic focal length range the front lens group is fixed while the variator group and the front lens group are movable. In order to increase or decrease the focal length beyond the basic focal length range, the front lens group, the variator group and the compensator group are moved simultaneously. From the wide angle limit or from the telephoto limit of the basic focal length range through the extended range at both ends the front lens group and the variator group are moved simultaneously.