Projector
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorToshimitsu WATANABE
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Abstract
A projector modulates a luminous flux emitted from a light source in accordance with image information and projects the modulated light by a projection lens. The projector includes an exterior housing that houses the projection lens and has a projection opening through which the light exiting from the projection lens passes and a lens cover that opens and closes the projection opening, the lens cover has a first cover and a second cover, and the first cover and the second cover are configured so that they open and close the projection opening by being slid and are stacked and housed in an open state in which the projection opening is opened.
Claims9
A projector that modulates a luminous flux emitted from a light source in accordance with image information and projects the modulated light by a projection lens, comprising:
- an exterior housing that houses the projection lens and has a projection opening through which the light exiting from the projection lens passes;
- and
- a lens cover that opens and closes the projection opening,
- wherein
- the lens cover has an open state in which the projection opening is opened and a closed state in which the projection opening is closed, and is configured so that the lens cover in the open state is smaller than that in the closed state when viewed from the side where light exits from the projection lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.