Shutter and optical apparatus having the same
AssigneeSeiko Precision Inc.
InventorsHisashi Kawamoto, Kazuya Shioda, Phichet Numnual
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Abstract
A shutter for an optical apparatus has multiple sectors and an operation member. Each of the multiple sectors has a cam opening for engagement and is pivotally provided to open and close a shutter opening, the operation member moves each of said multiple sectors in engagement with the cam opening, and the cam opening of at least one sector that is one of the multiple sectors is formed to change a moving direction of said at least one sector, when the operation member moves said at least one sector to a position to close the shutter opening.
Claims12
A shutter for an optical apparatus, the shutter having multiple sectors and an operation member, wherein:
- each of the multiple sectors has a cam opening for engagement and is pivotally provided to open and close a shutter opening;
- the operation member moves each of said multiple sectors in engagement with the cam opening;
- the cam opening of at least one sector that is one of the multiple sectors is formed to change a moving direction of said at least one sector, when the operation member moves said at least one sector to a position to close the shutter opening;
- said multiple sectors move to form a fully open state, a fully closed state, a small aperture state in this order, while the operation member is moving in one direction, the sectors including shutter blades and a small aperture blade;
- the shutter blades are respectively positioned on identical sides with respect to the position of the shutter opening in the fully open state and the small aperture state;
- the small aperture blade moves from the fully open state to the fully closed state to the small aperture state in a single direction;
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- the shutter blade is reciprocated in the fully closed state that serves as a turning point.
An optical apparatus having a shutter that includes multiple sectors and an operation member, wherein:
- each of the multiple sectors has a cam opening for engagement and is pivotally provided to open and close a shutter opening;
- the operation member moves each of said multiple sectors in engagement with the cam opening;
- the cam opening of at least one sector that is one of the multiple sectors is formed to change a moving direction of said at least one sector, when the operation member moves said at least one sector to a position to close the shutter opening;
- said multiple sectors move to form a fully open state, a fully closed state, a small aperture state in this order, while the operation member is moving in one direction, the sectors including shutter blades and a small aperture blade;
- the shutter blades are respectively positioned on identical sides with respect to the position of the shutter opening in the fully open state and the small aperture state;
- the small aperture blade moves from the fully open state to the fully closed state to the small aperture state in a single direction;
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- the shutter blade is reciprocated in the fully closed state that serves as a turning point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.