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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takamasa Sakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Oki, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396543 ; 116305 ; 396299 ;
Abstract
First and second dials are coaxially and rotatably supported by a boss formed on an outer cover. An encoding plate having an encoding pattern formed on each of its upper and lower surfaces is fixed to the lower surface of the outer cover. A first contact which slides on one of the encoding patterns interlocking with the first dial is provided on the upper surface of a dial holding plate attached to a lower end of a shaft of the first dial. A second contact which slides on the other encoding pattern interlocking with the second dial is provided on the lower surface of a protrusion provided on the lower surface of the second dial.