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US 2007/0183061 A1Published application
Telescope and lens cap
AssigneesNikon Vision Co., Ltd., Nikon Corporation
InventorYasuyuki Aikawa
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Abstract
Providing a telescope capable of preventing aesthetic external appearance thereof from losing. The telescope has a hole 33 on an outer surface of a lens barrel 3. A lens cap 5 for protecting an objective lens of the telescope includes a lens cap body 51, an extending portion 59 extending from the lens cap body 51, and connecting member 52 capable of removably attaching to the hole 33.
Claims10
A telescope capable of being equipped with a lens cap at a tip of a lens barrel comprising:
- the lens barrel on which a hole is formed;
- and
- the lens cap including a lens cap body, an extending portion extending from the lens cap body, and a connecting member that is disposed at a tip of the extending portion and removably attached to the hole.
A lens cap comprising:
- a lens cap body that is capable of removably attaching to a tip of a lens barrel of a telescope;
- an extending portion extending from the lens cap body;
- and
- a connecting member that is removably attaching to a hole that is disposed on an outer surface of the lens barrel and has a small diameter portion and a large diameter portion locating at bottom side of the small diameter portion;
- the connecting member having a plurality of leg portions that are put into the small diameter portion, a nail portion that is disposed at a tip end of at least one leg portion of the plurality of leg portions and meshed with the large diameter portion, and an elastic holder capable of holding the plurality of leg portions in a radial direction such that the leg portions can be closed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.