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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2002
Hiroshi Nomura, Saitama, JP;
Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Saitama, JP;
Isao Okuda, Saitama, JP;
Satoru Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Pentax Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens barrel includes a front lens frame supporting a front lens group; a rear lens frame supporting a rear lens group; a cam ring including first and second cam grooves which receive first and second cam followers of the front and rear lens frames; the first and second cam grooves include first and second moving sections and first and second accommodation sections, respectively; and a guiding mechanism allowing the rear lens frame to relatively rotate when the second cam follower engages in a vicinity an accommodation position of the second accommodation section, and prohibiting the rear lens frame from relatively rotating while allowing the rear lens frame to only relatively move in the optical axis direction when the second cam follower engages in a section of the second cam groove which includes the second moving section and excludes this vicinity.