US 2003/0152381 A1 · Camera including barrier mechanism

Abstract

The present invention relates to a barrier member slidably movable along the surface of a camera to a closing position for covering a lens barrel of a camera body and to an opening position for letting the lens barrel be exposed. The camera includes a pressing member for pressing the barrier member from the side of the camera body, and regulating the slide movement of the barrier member in the closing and opening positions. In the camera of the present invention, the barrier member is provided with a guide member abutting on the pressing member at a plurality of points with the center of the pressing member being interposed therebetween in a direction along the surface of the camera and in a direction orthogonal to a slide moving direction of the barrier member, thereby eliminating a backlash of the barrier member.

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Dependent claims

A camera comprising:

a barrier member slidably movable along the surface of said camera to a closing position for covering a lens barrel of said camera body and to an opening position for letting said lens barrel be exposed;
a pressing member, fixed to said camera body so as to be movable only in optical-axis directions of said lens barrel, for pressing said barrier member from the side of said camera body and regulating a slide movement of said barrier member in the closing position and the opening position;
and
a guide channel formed in said barrier member and coming into contact with said pressing member at a plurality of points with the center of said pressing member being interposed therebetween in a direction orthogonal to a slide moving direction of said barrier member as well as in a direction along the surface of said camera.

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A camera comprising:

a barrier member slidably movable along the surface of said camera to a closing position for covering a lens barrel of said camera body and to an opening position for letting said lens barrel be exposed;
a pressing member for pressing said barrier member from the side of said camera body and regulating a slide movement of said barrier member in the closing position and the opening position;
a regulating member, provided on said camera body, for regulating a position of said pressing member in a direction orthogonal to a slide moving direction of said barrier member as well as in a direction along the surface of said camera;
and
a guide channel formed in said barrier member and coming into contact with said pressing member at a plurality of points with the center of said pressing member being interposed therebetween in the direction orthogonal to the slide moving direction of said barrier member as well as in the direction along the surface of said camera.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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