US5068678A
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Device for driving photographing lens and finder device of camera having zoom lens
Assignee: Pentax Corp
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Filing: 1989-09-27
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Granted: 1991-11-26
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Expires: 2009-09-27
Abstract
Abstract A zoom lens camera having a zoom photographing lens and a zoom finder device are driven in association with each other so that the image plane and the finder field of view correspond to each other. A pair of pinions for the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device are provided in a gear train and are driven by a reversible motor so that the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device are driven by the respective pinions.
Inventors
- 👤 Makoto Mogamiya
- 👤 Tahei Morisawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 04:17
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B3/00; G03B3/10; G03B13/00; G03B13/02; G03B13/10; G03B13/12
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
115 words
A zoom lens camera having a zoom photographing lens and zoom finder device which are driven in association with each other so that the image plane and the finder field of view correspond to each other, and a pair of pinions for the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device, respectively, said pinions provided in a gear train driven by a reversible motor so that the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device are driven by the respective pinions, wherein said zoom photographing lens has a cam ring which effects zooming by rotation, said cam ring having a gear secured thereto which is in mesh with said pinion for the zoom photographing lens.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
115 words
A zoom lens camera having a zoom photographing lens and zoom finder device which are driven in association with each other so that the image plane and the finder field of view correspond to each other, and a pair of pinions for the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device, respectively, said pinions provided in a gear train driven by a reversible motor so that the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device are driven by the respective pinions, wherein said zoom photographing lens has a cam ring which effects zooming by rotation, said cam ring having a gear secured thereto which is in mesh with said pinion for the zoom photographing lens.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A zoom lens camera according to claim 1, wherein said finder cam member is a finder cam plate having a vertical rack which is in mesh with said pinion for the zoom finder device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A zoom lens camera according to claim 1, wherein the relative angular positions of said cam ring and said gear secured thereto are adjustable.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
95 words
In a camera including a zoom finder device having an optical path with a crank-shaped planar configuration which includes an optical path orthogonal to the optical axis of a photographing lens and a pair of parallel optical paths connected to the two ends of said orthogonal optical path and extending in opposite directions which are parallel to the optical axis of the photographing lens, a finder cam plate comprising a rectangular portion which surrounds said orthogonal optical path and a rack formed on a vertically extending portion of the rectangular portion at one end thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
95 words
In a camera including a zoom finder device having an optical path with a crank-shaped planar configuration which includes an optical path orthogonal to the optical axis of a photographing lens and a pair of parallel optical paths connected to the two ends of said orthogonal optical path and extending in opposite directions which are parallel to the optical axis of the photographing lens, a finder cam plate comprising a rectangular portion which surrounds said orthogonal optical path and a rack formed on a vertically extending portion of the rectangular portion at one end thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A finder cam plate according to claim 4, further comprising a cam groove for moving a group of variable power lenses of the zoom finder device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
A finder cam plate according to claim 5, wherein said zoom finder device has a plurality of groups of variable power lenses which move independently of each other and a plurality of cam grooves respectively corresponding to said groups of variable power lenses.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
91 words
A zoom lens camera having a zoom photographing lens and a zoom finder device which are driven in association with each other so that the image plane and the finder field of view correspond to each other, wherein the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device are simultaneously and individually driven by individual driven members, said driven members disengagably engaged with a drive member without an interlocked relationship between said driven members wherein neither one of the two driven members is driven in response to the movement of the other.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
91 words
A zoom lens camera having a zoom photographing lens and a zoom finder device which are driven in association with each other so that the image plane and the finder field of view correspond to each other, wherein the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device are simultaneously and individually driven by individual driven members, said driven members disengagably engaged with a drive member without an interlocked relationship between said driven members wherein neither one of the two driven members is driven in response to the movement of the other.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
A zoom finder device having a movable variable power lens, comprising: a vertically movable cam plate provided at a side portion of a casing of said finder device; and a cam means provided on said cam plate for moving said movable variable power lens.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
A zoom finder device having a movable variable power lens, comprising: a vertically movable cam plate provided at a side portion of a casing of said finder device; and a cam means provided on said cam plate for moving said movable variable power lens.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
A zoom lens camera according to claim 7, said driven members for said zoom photographing lens and for said zoom finder device comprise a pair of pinions.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
A zoom lens camera according to claim 7, wherein said driven members move in planes not parallel to the optical axis of the zoom photographing lens.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
121 words
A zoom lens camera having a zoom photographing lens and a zoom finder device which are driven in association with each other so that the image plane and the finder field of view correspond to each other, and a pair of pinions for the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device, respectively, said pinions being provided in a gear train driven by a reversible motor so that the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device are driven by the respective pinions, wherein said zoom finder device has a finder cam member which changes the finder field of view, said finder cam member being provided with a gear which is in mesh with said pinion for the zoom finder device.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
121 words
A zoom lens camera having a zoom photographing lens and a zoom finder device which are driven in association with each other so that the image plane and the finder field of view correspond to each other, and a pair of pinions for the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device, respectively, said pinions being provided in a gear train driven by a reversible motor so that the zoom photographing lens and the zoom finder device are driven by the respective pinions, wherein said zoom finder device has a finder cam member which changes the finder field of view, said finder cam member being provided with a gear which is in mesh with said pinion for the zoom finder device.
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