Moving mechanism of camera barrier
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMinoru Tanabe
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Abstract
A barrier mechanism of a camera is disclosed, which comprises a camera body, a barrier member being movable between a closed position covering a lens located in the front of the camera body and an open position exposing the lens, a holding mechanism for holding the barrier member slidably between the closed position and the open position, a guide rail member disposed in the camera body and extending in a sliding direction of the barrier member for guiding the barrier member, and an engaging member disposed in the barrier member to be brought into engagement with the guide rail member so as to suppress the barrier backlash.
Claims5
A barrier mechanism of a camera comprising:
- a camera body;
- a barrier member being movable between a closed position covering a lens located in the front of the camera body and an open position exposing the lens;
- a holding mechanism for holding the barrier member slidably between the closed position and the open position;
- a guide rail member disposed in the camera body and extending in a sliding direction of the barrier member for guiding the barrier member;
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- an engaging member disposed in the barrier member to be brought into engagement with the guide rail member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.