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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1979
Kiyoshi Kitai, Shikawatashi, JP;
Tadashi Nakagawa, Shikawatashi, JP;
Hiroaki Ishida, Shikawatashi, JP;
Seiko Koki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automatic lens focusing mechanism including a displaceable operating member, a focusing mechanism cooperative with the operating member for changing the focus of a lens as the operating member is displaced, and a mechanism comprising a control member displaced by the operating member as the operating member is displaced. An electromagnet is effective to hold an armature when it is energized. When the electromagnet is not energized the armature is mounted for sliding across a face of the electromagnet adjacent and parallel to the electromagnet face. A focus detecting mechanism energizes the electromagnet when the control member is at a position corresponding to a focused condition of the lens for holding the armature and the control member at a position corresponding to the focused condition to thereby hold the lens at the focused condition.