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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:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masao Owashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hidenori Miyamoto, Urayasu, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396349 ; 396448 ;
Abstract
A camera having a slide cover is disclosed. The camera is provided with the lens cover moving to a covering position where a photographing lens is covered, and to an opening position where the lens cover is opened from the front face of the photographing lens, and a guide member which guides the lens cover, the guide member having a step in an optical axis direction of the photographing lens between the covering position and the opening position.