US 5,708,895 A · Camera

Abstract

A camera whose body is wound with a belt-like protective cover having an end detachably held by pin members thereon in such a manner as to cover a wall surface thereof. The protective cover is operative to cover and protects at least a photographing lens, a distance measuring or range finder window and a stroboscopic window. Thus, the camera is put into an enclosed state. Further, the enclosed state, in which the protective cover is wound around the body of the camera, is maintained by fitting a magnet hook attached to the other end of the protective cover into another magnet hook attached to the body of the camera and making these magnet hooks attracted to each other. Moreover, when putting the camera into a ready-to-photograph state, the protective cover is unwound by removing the magnet hooks from each other and opening the photographing lens and so on.

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Dependent claims

A camera having a body, comprising:

a protective cover which is formed like a belt and is operative to cover and protect at least an objective optical element of a photographic optical system when held on the body in such a manner as to cover a surface portion of the body;
said protective cover having first and second end portions;
first fixing means for causing the first end portion of the protective cover to be held on the body in such a manner as to be able to be selectively attached thereto or detached therefrom;
and
second fixing means for causing the second end portion of the protective cover to be held on the body and for removing the protective cover from the body when the second fixing means undergoes elastic deformation
said second fixing means having a pair of projections provided at said second end portion of the protective cover, said projections extending away from one another along opposing side edges of the protective cover, and resilient means arranged between the projection enabling the distance between the pair of projections to be reduced.

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A camera having a body, comprising:

a flexible protective cover which is formed like a belt and is operative to cover and protect at least an objective optical element of a photographic optical system when held on the body in such a manner as to cover a surface portion of the body;
said protective cover having first and second end portions;
first fixing means for causing said first end portion of the protective cover to be held on the body, for causing the first end portion of the protective cover to be easily detached from the body when performing a photographing operation and for causing the first end portion of the protective cover to be easily held on the body after the photographing operation is finished;
and
second fixing means arranged on the camera body for causing said second end portion of the protective cover to be held on the body and for detaching the second end portion of the protective cover from the body when performing a continuous photographing operation
said second fixing means having a pair of projections provided at said second end portion of the protective cover, said projections extending away from one another along opposing side edges of the protective cover, and resilient means arranged between the projections enabling the distance between the pair of projections to be reduced.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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