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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2005
Mitsuru Nakajima, Atsugi, JP;
Shinobu Kanatani, Atsugi, JP;
Shigeo Kobayashi, Isehara, JP;
Shigeru Fujita, Machida, JP;
Mitsuru Nakajima, Atsugi, JP;
Shinobu Kanatani, Atsugi, JP;
Shigeo Kobayashi, Isehara, JP;
Shigeru Fujita, Machida, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens block according to the present invention includes a lens cylinder; and at least one lens accommodated in the lens cylinder and dividing a space in the lens cylinder into a first space and a second space, wherein the lens cylinder includes at least one hole into which a tool for removing the at least one lens from the lens cylinder is inserted, wherein the at least one lens is pressed into the lens cylinder from either one of the first space and the second space, and the at least one hole is formed on the other of the first space and the second space, and wherein the at least one hole is provided in a position that enables the inserted tool to contact the at least one lens through the at least one hole.