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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Yamada, Saitama, JP;
Pentax Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A movable mirror shock-absorbing mechanism of a camera includes a movable mirror which is rotatable between a viewfinder light-guiding position and a retracted position, a pressing portion which moves with the rotation of the movable mirror, a first shock-absorbing member which is pressed and moved by the pressing portion to absorb shock of the movable mirror when the movable mirror rotates from the retracted position to the viewfinder light-guiding position, and a second shock-absorbing member which is pressed and moved by the pressing portion to absorb shock of the movable mirror when the movable mirror rotates from the viewfinder light-guiding position to the retracted position. The first and second shock-absorbing members are mutually identical in specifications.