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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:
Sep. 22, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
John H Alligood, Penfield, NY (US);
John H Minnick, Rochester, NY (US);
David A Castor, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354441 ; 354231 ; 3542341 ; 3542581 ;
Abstract
A single electromagnet and a single permanent magnet to actuate a shutter blade and a plurality of aperture blades, that form a plurality of aperture openings. A magnet is coupled to an electormagnet and an aperture adjustment mechanism. The magnet rotates in one direction to set the aperture opening and then rotates in the opposite direction to actuate a shutter blade.