Apparatus of preventing bound of diaphragm blades in camera
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorZenichi Okura
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Abstract
In a diaphragm actuator of a lens of a camera comprising a stationary support ring, a blade ring which is rotatable in the support ring and which has pivotable diaphragm blades movably connected to the support ring so that the rotational movement of the blade ring causes the diaphragm blades to open and close, and a limiting member which comes into contact with the blade ring to limit the movement of the blade ring when the diaphragm blades are closed, the improvement comprising an additional ring rotatable relative to the support ring for preventing the blade ring from bounding when the blade ring contacts with the limiting member, which additional ring comes into contact with the balde ring to brake the movement of the blade ring immediately before the blade ring contacts with the limiting member.
Claims13
In a diaphragm actuator of a lens of a camera, comprising a stationary support ring, a blade ring which is rotatable in and relative to the support ring and which has a plurality of diaphragm blades rotatable thereto by means of pivots, said diaphragm blades being movably connected to said support ring so that the rotational movement of the blade ring relative to the support ring causes the diaphragm blades to open and close in order to control a diaphragm opening defined by the diaphragm blades, and an angular displacement limiting member which limits the angular displacement of the blade ring to control the diaphragm opening in accordance with a predetermined aperture F number of the associated lens, said blade ring being rotated until it is brought into contact with the limiting member when the diaphragm blades are closed, the improvement comprising an apparatus for preventing the blade ring from bounding when the blade ring comes into contact with the limiting member, said bound preventing apparatus comprising a bound preventing ring which is rotatable relative to the support ring and which comes into contact with the blade ring to brake the movement of the blade ring immediately before the blade ring comes into contact with the limiting member.
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