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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1981
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An improved mechanical arrangement which includes a controlled device, an operational device for adjusting an active state of the controlled device through external operations and a control device for controlling the active state of the controlled device in response to operations of the operational device. The operational device includes an indicating arrangement for indicating changes in the active state of the controlled device stepwise, an UP operating arrangement for increasing one step by one step an indication of the indicating arrangement and a DOWN operating arrangement for decreasing one step by one step the indication of the indicating arrangement, and thus the mechanical arrangement has been made free from erroneous operations due to the improved operational efficiency, simple in structure and highly reliable in actual use.