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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1998
Hiroshi Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Azegami, Tokyo, JP;
Takamitsu Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yasushi Tabata, Tokyo, JP;
Norio Numako, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinari Tanimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takuma Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Kishimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A zoom camera has a lens barrier apparatus, a front lens group, a rear lens group, a rear lens group is lens barrel that houses said front lens group and said rear lens group, said rear lens group is supported such that a distance between the front lens group and the rear lens group is changeable, and the lens barrel is movable between a housed position, at which the lens barrel is retracted furtherest with respect to the camera body, and a photo-ready range, at which the lens barrel is extended from the housed position. A rear group moving device is mounted on the lens barrel, for moving the rear lens group relative to the front lens group. An entire movement device moves the lens barrel without changing a distance between the front lens group and the rear lens group, and a lens barrier apparatus, which is provided with barrier blades that are mounted on the front end of the lens barrel is provided. The rear group moving device is connected to the lens barrier apparatus and drives the lens barrier apparatus to operate the barrier blades when the lens barrel is at the housed position and is connected to and drives the rear lens group relative to the front lens group when the lens barrel is extended from the housed position.