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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:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiko Sakimoto, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A camera has a taking lens, a cover for covering a body of the camera, a barrier, and a holding mechanism for holding the barrier on the cover in such a way that the barrier is slidable between a position in which it keeps the taking lens covered and a position in which it leaves the taking lens uncovered. The cover has an opening. The holding mechanism has a rail provided on the barrier and inserted through the opening of the cover into the body of the camera in such a way that the cover is sandwiched between the rail and the barrier, and a guide member provided inside the body of the camera so as to guide the rail.