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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1984
Sinichi Saitou, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operating lever apparatus used in an electric appliance to operate in accordance with electric signals produced by signal generator, comprises a first base plate, a second base plate disposed parallel to the first base plate at a given distance therefrom, an operating lever disposed between the first and second base plates so as to be able to move along the same between first and second positions, whereby the signal generator is caused to produce an electric signal when the operating lever is located in the second position, holding member for holding the operating lever in a position just before the second position, and a driving member disposed so as to be able to move along the first and second base plates between first and second positions in a direction to intersect the moving direction of the operating lever, and having a guide bore for guiding the operating lever in movement from the first position to the position just before the second position when the driving member is located in the first position, the driving member moving in the direction to intersect the moving direction of the operating lever to shift the operating lever from the position just before the second position to the second position when the operating lever is located in the position just before the second position.