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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuaki Ishikawa, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359819 ; 359819 ;
Abstract
There is provided a click device adapted to define a position by fitting a clicking projection in desired one of clicking grooves provided at a predetermined pitch. For defining the position with a unit less than a pitch of the clicking grooves, there are provided plural clicking projections, which are provided in respectively different positions within a pitch (or N pitches, wherein N is zero or a natural number) of the clicking grooves.