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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1997
Hidetaka Yokota, Tokyo, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera having a sliding cover supported to slide along a front surface of a camera body to selectively cover and uncover a photographing lens. The sliding cover has at least two sliding cover elements which are slidable along the front surface of the camera body. The sliding cover has a main cover element that slides along the front surface of the camera body, and an auxiliary cover element provided between the main cover element and the front surface of the camera body. The auxiliary cover element is moved in association with a movement of the main cover element in an opening direction and a closing direction to respectively increase and reduce an amount of overlap between the main cover element and the auxiliary cover element.