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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4589747 | Electronic flash incorporated camera Electronic flash incorporated camera including a camera body having a lens, a case for the camera body, and a lens protective cover slidably mounted on the case. The cover is slidable between a closed position in which the cover covers the lens, and a ret... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4557574 | Camera with protective cover A protective cover with an opening is of a box shape, and is slidably mounted on the front face of a camera body. When the protective cover is slid to an open position, the end face of the protective cover retreats from over the taking lens to expose it, ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4556304 | Autofocus camera including a cover for a taking lens and diagonally disposed range finder windows At least two rangefinder windows for measuring by triangulation the distance to the object to be photographed, are disposed opposite each other around a taking lens in diagonally upper and lower positions, on the front face of the camera body. A protectiv... | 12/03/1985 |
| 4522478 | Cover-equipped camera A cover-equipped camera includes a cover movable right and view left at the front of a camera body to shield or expose its lens and finder, and a fixed cover with and from which the movable cover is contacted or released. The opening and closing cover inc... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4451130 | Disc camera with handle grip cover In a camera adapted to receive a disc-shaped magazine and including a housing with front and rear walls having a lens window exposed on the front wall near one side margin of the housing and front and rear viewfinder windows exposed on the front and rear ... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4441799 | Camera with a lens protective cover A camera with a lens protective cover includes switching means which turns a power supply of an electronic flash on to establish a flash photography mode for the camera, and a connection mechanism providing an operational connection between the switching ... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4410253 | Camera having lens protection cover Provided in the interior of a camera are an automatic focus adjusting mechanism which initiates a rearward motion from a position for focusing on an object at short distances to a position for focusing on an infinitely distant object when a distance adjus... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4396270 | Camera having a photographing lens protection member A camera is provided with a protection member in front of the lens for opening or closing the photographing lens in order to protect the lens in such a manner that the shutter release is locked in case the protection member is not opened or the film has n... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4367028 | Camera with protective cover In a camera having a camera housing, an objective optical system disposed on a front face of the camera housing, and a protective cover slidable along the front face of the camera housing between a position for covering the optical system and a position f... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4363546 | Apparatus for establishing routine shot distance of taking lens in cameras An apparatus for establishing a routine shot distance of taking lens for camera which includes a lens protective cover is provided. The cover is movable between a first position in which it covers a taking lens and a second position in which it allows the... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4349266 | Lens cap for a camera A lens cap is formed with not only a lens covering portion for covering the photographic objective lens of a camera, but also with both a portion, such as protection wall for preventing inadvertent operation of the camera shutter release button and a proj... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4336986 | Camera having an independently focused retractable objective lens Disclosed is a camera including a camera housing and an objective lens having an image axis. The objective lens for the camera is mounted in a tube which is movable between an extended exposure position and a retractive storage position. When the tube is ... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4283132 | Photographic camera A photographic camera has a housing the front wall of which is provided with a view finder having an inlet window and with a lens. A manually slidable first cover is movable to and from a position in which it covers the inlet window, and the second cover ... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4280762 | Camera having an independently focused retractable objective lens Disclosed is a camera including a camera housing and an objective lens having an image axis. The objective lens for the camera is mounted in a tube which is movable between an extended exposure position and a retracted storage position. When the tube is i... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4273434 | Photographic camera A photographic camera comprises a slide cover fitted to a camera body to be moved between a first position closing an object lens and main finder and a second position opening these members, and a protective douser fitted to the camera finder window when ... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4264172 | Camera The camera includes a lens tube which is slidable relative to a body of the camera between a photographing position and a retracted position. The lens tube is moved between these two positions cooperatively with a front lid swingably mounted on the front ... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4240735 | Protective cover for taking lens of camera A protective cover for taking lens of camera comprises a thin sheet which is bent to cover the front, the top and a top portion of the rear of a camera body and is mounted on the camera body so as to be slidable lengthwise thereof between a first position... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4219265 | Photographic view finder camera with retractable lens tube A photographic view finder camera having a retractable lens tube. A rocking control handle on the front of the camera housing operates as a lever and is rocked to project and retract the lens tube, wind the film and cock the shutter.... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4171894 | Retracting mechanism for taking lens of camera In a camera including a taking lens which is moved in the direction of its optical axis in response to an adjustment of a distance adjusting member and also including a lens protecting cover which is movable between a first position in which it covers the... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4154519 | Photographic camera A sub-miniature photographic camera with a housing elongated in a direction transverse to the optical axis, and having a lens window opening and a viewfinder window opening in the front edge of the housing, spaced from each other in the direction of elong... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4153903 | Lens shield actuated auto/manual focus control inhibit/override In a variable focus lens system in general, or in a photographic camera having such a system in particular, a simplified, compact, combination manual and automatic focus conrol system is provided having manual and distance responsive automatic focus contr... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4106037 | Flash device for use with a camera A flash unit is mounted in a lens cap which constitutes an indispensable accessory of the camera.... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4096506 | Cover plate for optical elements of a camera A cover plate is provided which is especially suited to an instant picture type camera employing mirror image deflection for picture taking. However, this cover plate is suited to any still camera having a substantially planar contiguously grouped optical... | 06/20/1978 |
| 4032940 | Retractable camera A preferably pocket-sized camera having an overall shape which is thin in its vertical dimension has its horizontal longitudinal dimension shortened by constructing the camera in two relatively horizontally telescoping sections. One of the camera sections... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4019192 | Photographic camera of the retractable lens tube type with a movable lens cover The camera has a bodytube disposed in a retracted position and which is automatically brought to a picture-taking position in conjunction with the movement of a protective cover, covering the front surface of the lens tube or objective lens in the retract... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4012754 | Photographic camera A photographic camera having a lens opening and a finder opening in the housing or casing of the camera, is provided with a cover plate or blind plate to close these openings when pictures are not being taken, to protect the picture taking lens and the fi... | 03/15/1977 |
| 3938170 | Still camera with expansible housing A flat still camera wherein a hollow section of the housing is reciprocable relative to the main section to thereby actuate the shutter and/or the film transporting mechanism. When the hollow section is moved to an extended position in which it exposes th... | 02/10/1976 |
