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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazumitsu Takezawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 9/00 ;
Abstract
A lens barrel including an iris stop unit which is easily secured in the lens barrel. The lens barrel includes a lens group holding frame fixed by screws to a moving tube which holds a lens group in a manner freely slidable in a forward or backward direction. A support ring is formed integrally with the moving tube, and the support ring, along with blades and a drive ring forms an iris stop unit. The blades and the drive ring are set at a designated position and the lens group holding frame is inserted into the moving tube and connected by screws. The drive ring is held by the front end of the lens group holding frame.