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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2012
Shinya Suzuka, Saitama, JP;
Shinya Suzuka, Saitama, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A position controller for a removable optical element in an optical system includes an advancing/retracting ring; a removable optical element holding member supported by the advancing/retracting ring and rotatable about a first rotational axis between an insertion position on the optical axis and a removed position; an insertion holder which holds the removable optical element holding member at the insertion position; a removal drive member supported by the advancing/retracting ring and rotatable about a second rotational axis between an insertion allowance position and a forced removing position; and an insertion/removal controller. A rotational radius from the second rotational axis to a contact point between the removable optical element holding member and the removal drive member is greater than a rotational radius from the first rotational axis to the contact point.