Manual and automatic structure for setting the diaphragm of a camera

Claim 1

IN A CAMERA, IN COMBINATION, SUPPORT MEANS; ROTARY MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT MEANS FOR CHANGING THE SIZE OF THE EXPOSURE APERTURE DURING TURNING OF SAID ROTARY MEANS; AUTOMATIC MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID ROTARY MEANS FOR TURNING THE LATTER IN RESPONSE TO CHANGES IN LIGHTING CONDITIONS FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING THE EXPOSURE APERTURE; MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SUPPORT MEANS FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A COUPLED POSITION WHERE SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS IS COUPLED TO SAID ROTARY MEANS FOR MANUALLY TURNING THE LATTER AND SETTING THE EXPOSURE APERTURE AND AN UNCOUPLED POSITION WHERE SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS IS SPACED FROM SAID ROTARY MEANS SO THAT SAID AUTOMATIC MEANS MAY THEN ACT ON SAID ROTARY MEANS TO SET THE EXPOSURE APERTURE AUTOMATICALLY; AND RELEASABLE RETAINING MEANS OPERABLE INDEPENDENTLY FROM SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS AND COOPERATING WITH SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS FOR RELEASABLY RETAINING THE LATTER IN SAID COUPLED POSITION THEREOF IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ANGULAR POSITION OF SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS AND ROTARY MEANS, SO THAT SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS IS COUPLED TO SAID ROTARY MEANS WITHOUT ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS AND WHEN SAID RETAINING MEANS RETAINS SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS IN SAID COUPLED POSITION THEREOF SAID ROTARY MEANS MAY BE MANUALLY TURNED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE RANGE OF APERTURE SIZES.