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US 5,852,752 AGranted
Camera with pop-up strobe unit
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakao Nakanishi, Tetsuo Hosokawa
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Abstract
A camera provided with a pop-up strobe arranged such that the pop-up strobe is popped-up by pushing an operation button in a direction that is inclined with respect to a pivoting axis of the pop-up strobe. In particular, the operation button is mounted on a wall that is inclined with respect to the pivoting axis of the pop-up strobe and the direction in which the operation button is pushed is perpendicular to a surface of the inclined wall.
Claims20
A camera, comprising:
- a strobe head pivotable about a pivoting axis, said strobe head being pivotable between an operating position and a retracted position about the pivoting axis;
- a locking arrangement that locks said strobe head at said retracted position;
- a trapezoid-shaped strobe head cover provided to said strobe head, said trapezoid-shaped strobe head cover including a wall which is inclined with respect to a plane which is perpendicular to the pivoting axis of said strobe head;
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- an operation button that is provided in said wall, said operation button being pressed in a direction perpendicular to said wall to actuate said locking arrangement to release said strobe head.
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A camera, comprising:
- a camera body;
- a strobe head pivotable about a pivoting axis provided at a top of said camera body, said strobe head being pivotable between an operating position and a retracted position;
- a swingable lever which locks said strobe head at said retracted position, said lever being horizontally swingable;
- a trapezoid-shaped strobe head cover provided to said strobe head, including a wall which is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the pivoting axis of said strobe head;
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- an operation button mounted to said wall, a central axis of said operation button extending perpendicular to said wall, said operation button being pressed in a predetermined direction for swinging said lever to release said strobe head.
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