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US 5,862,426 AGranted
Protection cover device and protection-cover-equipped apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazushige Ichino, Hiroshi Yoshii
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Abstract
A protection cover device and a protection-cover-equipped apparatus each comprise a protection cover, a moving member, and an elastic member which is incorporated into an inside of the protection cover and causes the protection cover to move in association with a movement of the moving member.
Claims30
A protection cover device comprising:
- a) a protection cover having opposed sides and an interior recess accessible from one of said opposed sides;
- b) a moving member;
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- c) an elastic member which causes said protection cover to rotate in association with a movement of said moving member, said elastic member being contained in said interior recess of said protection cover.
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A protection-cover-equipped apparatus comprising:
- a) a protection cover having opposed sides and an interior recess accessible from one of said opposed sides;
- b) a moving member;
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- c) an elastic member which causes said protection cover to rotate in association with a movement of said moving member, said elastic member being contained in said interior recess of said protection cover.
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A protection cover device comprising:
- a) a protection cover having opposed sides and an interior recess accessible from one of said opposed sides;
- b) a moving member;
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- c) an elastic member having a spring portion which causes said protection cover to rotate in association with a movement of said moving member, said spring portion being contained in said interior recess of said protection cover.
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A protection-cover-equipped apparatus comprising:
- a) a protection cover having opposed sides and an interior recess accessible from one of said opposed sides;
- b) a moving member;
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- c) an elastic member having a spring portion which causes said protection cover to rotate in association with a movement cf said moving member, said spring portion being contained in said interior recess of said protection cover.
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A camera comprising:
- a) a protection cover having opposed sides and an interior recess accessible from one of said opposed sides and arranged to open and close a front face of a photo-taking optical system;
- b) a moving member;
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- c) an elastic member contained in said interior recess of said protection cover for causing the protection cover to operate in association with movement oL the moving member, wherein the protection cover closes the front face of the photo-taking optical system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.