Eye span adjustment mechanism for binoculars
AssigneeHoya Corporation
InventorsIsao Ishibai, Kunimitsu Kobayashi
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Abstract
Binoculars including an eye span adjustment mechanism and an automatic focussing feature. A pair of guide rails is disposed laterally in the binoculars housing. Drive rods threadedly engaged with the lens barrels are movable along the guide rails to move the lens barrels back and forth in response to rotation of a knob and adjustment rod. An automatic focussing is disposed between the lens barrel to move the ocular lens in response to an electronically produced focussing signal.
Claims4
Binoculars including an eye span adjustment mechanism comprising a housing, a pair of lens barrels positioned within said housing, a pair of guide rails disposed laterally in said housing, at least one of said lens barrels being movable along said guide rails, and a pair of drive rods (5) in parallel with said guide rails and threadedly engaged with said lens barrels wherein said at least one said lens barrels is moved along the guide rails (4) in response to the rotation of the drive rods to vary the distance between said lens barrels.
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