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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:
Jan. 18, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
35414911 ;
Abstract
A camera of the kind having a built-in flash device, which is movable to a usable position by popping up the flash device from its stowed position in using the flash device, is arranged such that the lens panel of the flash device is formed with split panels, and the flash device can be stowed in a compact state by causing the split panels to overlap each other when the flash device is in the stowed position.