Bellows type folding camera
AssigneeAgfa-Gevaert
InventorsPeter Lermann, Karl Wagner, Herbert Schultes, Gunter Fauth
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Abstract
The bellows type folding camera includes two pairs of collapsable struts symmetrically hinged inside the bellows between the camera housing and the displaceable objective support; the upper and lower struts are interconnected by transverse straps and only one of the struts is operated by an actuation handle whereby the movement of this one strut is transmitted to the remaining struts by a coupler and crank linkage and by the transverse straps.
Claims13
A bellows type folding camera having a housing, a displaceable objective support, flexible bellows arranged between said housing and said objective support, and a mechanism for controlling the displacement of the objective support, said mechanism comprising two pairs of lower and upper struts symmetrically hinged between said housing and said objective support, each strut being formed of at least two sections hinged one to the other to rotate about an axis between a collapsable position and an extended position in which said pairs of struts reinforce said bellows, the corresponding sections of the upper struts and respectively of the lower struts being rigidly interconnected by cross-pieces extending parallel to each other;
- actuation means including a cam drive arranged at one of the pairs of struts;
- and coupling means for directly connecting said cam drive to said one pair whereby said other pair of struts is connected to said drive via said cross-pieces.
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