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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Takashi Muroi, Higashiyamato, JP;
Yuji Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Katsumi Motohashi, Hoya, JP;
Sumio Kawai, Hachioji, JP;
Yuji Imai, Higashiyamato, JP;
Yasuo Asakura, Hachioji, JP;
Tatsuya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens cover mounted camera with a lens cover movable to selectively assume at least a closing condition that covers a front surface of a photographing lens and an opening condition that exposes the front surface of the photographing lens, and further having a lens cover operating member for conducting the opening and closing operations of the lens cover and further for shifting the lens cover in directions of the optical axis of the photographing lens. When the camera is switched to a using condition or a non-using condition, the lens cover is respectively shifted to an opening position or a closing position through the lens cover operating member. This design minimizes the protruding quantity of the lens cover from a camera body and prevents the lens cover from being easily broken even if a careless external force or shock works on the lens cover during the use of the camera.