Electromagnetically driven focal plane shutter

Claim 1

A focal plane shutter assembly of the electromagnetically driven type, comprising: a shutter blade unit consisting essentially of a shutter base plate with an exposure aperture opening, a cover plate provided near said base plate, with a leading shutter blade group and a trailing shutter blade group respectively positioned between said base plate and said cover plate and respectively comprising a plurality of thin plates and a shutter operating member link connected to said thin plates to hold said thin plates in a swingable manner and being adjusted to effect a prescribed operation; and a shutter driving unit consisting essentially of a pair of electromagnetic driving sources which are so adjusted to produce a prescribed driving power and which respectively drive said leading shutter blade group and said trailing shutter blade group, a base plate supporting said electromagnetic driving sources and output shafts thereof, and a linking member which is attached to said output shafts and is so adjusted to effect a prescribed positional relationship with said shafts; wherein said shutter assembly is arranged such that said shutter blade unit has support columns mounting said base plate of said shutter driving unit in a prescribed positional relationship and wherein both said units are combined so that the linking member of said driving unit engages with the shutter operating member of said shutter blade unit for operating said shutter assembly by operation of said electromagnetic driving sources.