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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaaki Orimoto, Asaka, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to provide a camera having its size reduced by improving the arrangement of a backlash compensating mechanism and a lens barrier opening and closing mechanism for a barrel that can be extended and collapsed. According to the present invention, a shared mechanism is used to open a lens barrier and to compensate backlash occurring between a first lens group holding frame and a second lens group holding group.