Camera accessory mounting and fixing device
AssigneeNikon Corporation
InventorsNobuyoshi Hagiuda, Hideki Matsui, Masakuni Ohta
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Abstract
A camera accessory mounting and fixing device, having an outer periphery of a mounting foot member to be inserted into an accessory shoe of a camera to which a camera accessory is fixed. The camera accessory mounting and fixing device has a clamping member which is engaged with the mounting foot member and clamps the mounting foot member to the accessory shoe. A cam member is engaged with the clamping member and rotates during an initial rotation of the clamping member. While the cam member is rotated, a stop pin is urged toward or away from a stop hole formed in the accessory shoe.
Claims20
A camera accessory mounting and fixing device for mounting and fixing a camera accessory to an accessory shoe of a camera body, wherein the accessory shoe has a stop hole, the camera accessory mounting and fixing device comprising:
- a mounting foot member mountable in the accessory shoe and having a threaded portion;
- a clamping member having a screw member to engage said threaded portion of said mounting foot member;
- a stop pin biased towards the stop hole;
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- a cam member engaging said clamping member and said stop pin, to insert the stop pin into and remove the stop pin from the stop hole via rotation of the clamping member.
A camera accessory mounting and fixing device connected to a camera accessory and for mounting and fixing the camera accessory to an accessory shoe of a camera body, wherein the accessory shoe has a stop hole, the camera accessory mounting and fixing device comprising:
- a mounting foot member mountable in the accessory shoe;
- a clamping member to engage said mounting foot member and to engage the accessory while said mounting foot member is mounted in the accessory shoe, thereby clamping said mounting foot member in place;
- a cam member engaging said clamping member to move in conjunction with said clamping member;
- a regulating unit to limit movement of said cam member relative to said clamping member during portions of movement of said clamping member;
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- a stop pin engaging said cam member and moved by movement of said cam member into and from the stop hole dependent upon the direction of movement of said cam member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.