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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2000
Daisuke Yaginuma, Tokyo, JP;
Nidec Copal Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
In a camera shutter apparatus, a shutter blade is arranged movably In an open direction and a close direction relative to a lens aperture for opening and closing the lens aperture from a home position to perform an exposure operation. A setting member is provided to operate when setting the lens aperture at a predetermined diameter for holding the shutter blade to a stop position corresponding to the predetermined diameter with a biasing force. A drive source is provided for generating a driving force necessary for moving the shutter blade. A controller is provided to operate when moving the shutter blade from the home position to the stop position so as to set the lens aperture and then moving the shutter blade in the close direction for an exposure operation. The controller controls the drive source to regulate a magnitude of the driving force sufficient for activating the shutter blade from the home position and smaller than the biasing force of the setting member to hold the shutter blade at the stop position in abutment against the setting member.