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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. 27, 1998
Filed:
May. 22, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiro Hayakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396 25 ; 396 29 ;
Abstract
A waterproof and/or water-resistant camera including a camera body having an opening, an openable cover connected to the camera body for opening and closing the opening, an elastic sealing member provided on the cover and surrounding the opening, and a contacting surface formed on the camera body around the opening, with which the sealing member comes into pressing contact when the cover is closed. The contacting surface includes a tapered surface formed such that an inner end of the tapered surface is closer to the cover than an outer end of the tapered surface.