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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2002
Junichi Takagi, Asaka, JP;
Ko Aosaki, Asaka, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to a camera provided with a main body portion, and a lens camera cone freely sunk and reeled out in accordance with a manual operation, and improve an operability of manually reeling out the lens camera cone and manually sinking the lens camera cone. The camera is provided with a positioning means for positioning the lens camera cone at a predetermined reel-out position at a time when the lens camera cone is reeled out and positioning the lens camera cone at a predetermined sinking position at a time when the lens camera cone is sunk, and an energizing means for energizing the lens camera cone toward the reel-out position at a time when the lens camera cone exists in a portion near the reel-out position, and energizing the lens camera cone toward the sinking position at a time when the lens camera cone exists in a portion near the sinking position.