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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Hideaki Kume, Hachioji, JP;
Takaaki Ue, Hachioji, JP;
Yasuo Asakura, Hachioji, JP;
Tatsuya Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera comprises a fixed lens barrel including a moving lens barrel moveable to a collapsed position for non-photography and to a thrust position for photography, and a lens cover capable of pivoting with support shafts, which lie parallel to a plane substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of a photography lens, as a center so as to move to a closed position at which at least part of the face of the photography lens is shielded and to an open position at which the face of the photography lens is exposed. When the lens cover is open, if an external force is applied in a direction in which the lens cover is further opened, the lens cover separates from the support shafts. The support shafts are formed with two shaft members whose distal portions are formed with tapered surfaces and which are constrained to move in directions in which they are separated from each other.