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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Funahashi, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/310 ;
Abstract
In a viewfinder having objective lens elements G,to G,and performing zooming by driving the objective lens elements G,and G,in the direction of the optical axis x, a finder cam,is provided that interlocks with an axially movable barrel,through a pin,and drives the objective lens elements G,and G,through cam followers,and,and lens frames,and,, respectively.