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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1994
Shoji Kaihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Fukahori, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera including a flash unit comprising an illumination-angle varying mechanism for varying a flash illumination angle. The camera includes a motor, disposed in a camera body, rotatable in a first direction and in a second direction. A clutch switches a direction of drive transmission in accordance with a switching of a direction of rotation of the motor. A first transmission system transmits a rotation of the motor to the illumination-angle varying mechanism in accordance with a switching of the clutch caused by a rotation of the motor in the first direction. A second transmission system transmits a rotation of said motor to a camera-operating mechanism other than a flash unit operating mechanism in accordance with a switching of the clutch caused by a rotation of the motor in the second direction.