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Class 396/341 - BELLOWS OBJECTIVE CAMERA


Subclass of Class 396 - Photography
Definition: Subject matter including a flexible (usually pleated) opaque
No. of patents: 32
Last issue date: 09/21/2004


NumberTitleIssue Date
6795648High resolution photographic system
A high resolution photographic system has a lens, a camera body, a bellows connecting the lens to the camera body, a ground glass designed for use with a microscope for focusing on the aerial image, a magazine configured to store a roll of film, wherein the magazine...
09/21/2004
6712530Digital camera back holding
A digital camera back holder for use with a technical camera suspends the body of the digital camera back so that the sensor position is substantially forward of the rear standard. ...
03/30/2004
6670986Apparatus for orthogonal movement of a CCD sensor and a method of light sampling therewith
Apparatus for the orthogonal (X,Y) movement which allows high-resolution color photography in both the X and Y directions, by micro-movement of the CCD sensor within a digital camera body is provided which can be used together with a rotatable mount for r...
12/30/2003
5878295Shading device of a camera having collapsible bellows-like shading means
A shading device of a camera having shading bellows which is collapsible in interlocking motion with an imaging-lens barrel movable in the direction of its optical axis and which is provided between the front side of the aperture of a camera body and the ...
03/02/1999
5694620Photographic camera assembly having a plurality of lenses and associated method
A camera device comprises a photosensitive film, a frame connected to the film for holding the film fixed in a plane, a plurality of lenses having respective focal lengths, and a plurality of spring loaded brackets equal in number to the lenses. The brack...
12/02/1997
5649251Camera
In a camera of this invention, a lens barrel including a photographing lens built therein and an aperture opening formed in a camera body are coupled to each other by a light-shield unit in a light-tight manner. The light-shield unit comprises a bellows m...
07/15/1997
5625851Extendable guide rail for a bellows type camera
A composite guide rail for bellows type cameras is disclosed in which the composite rail is comprised of two rail pieces. A multi-fingered connecting insert has a base secured to the end of the first rail while the fingers conform to an inner cavity in on...
04/29/1997
5164755Camera accessory for macrophotography having translucent bellows
A camera accessory for adapting a camera for macro photography including an adaptor for attaching the accessory to the lens of the camera, an adjustable bellows formed of translucent material for admitting diffused lights to all sides of the subject, and ...
11/17/1992
5056903Lens barrel structure for waterproof camera
A lens barrel for a waterproof or dustproof camera which can assure maintenance of a reliable liquid-tight or airtight condition between a movable lens barrel member and a fixed lens barrel member with a structure of a comparatively small size. The lens b...
10/15/1991
4935760Interchangeable lens
An intermediate accessory, such as a rear converter, a bellows, and an intermediate ring or the like, can be mounted between an interchangeable lens and a camera body. Information relating to the vignetting amount which takes place in the interchangeable ...
06/19/1990
4894672Camera having focal length adjusting lens
A camera having a focus adjusting lens assembly, including a camera body, a lens barrel movable in the optical axis direction with respect to the camera body, a first variable power lens group which is supported to move in the optical axis direction with ...
01/16/1990
4768058Reproduction apparatus with everting bellows
A bellows for use in an exposure station of an electrophotographic copier or other reproduction apparatus. The bellows has one end thereof coupled to a movable lens for changing the image reduction/magnification ratio of the station. The lens movement is ...
08/30/1988
4724449Method and apparatus for stereoscopic photography
A method and apparatus for taking photographs for use in three-dimensional photography in which the object is photographed from a number of positions which are spaced apart. The camera film plane is kept in a common plane at each position and at each posi...
02/09/1988
4662734Bellows
A bellows including a flexible tubular body of a sheet, which is bent in alternate directions along the length thereof on circumferential folds for extensibility, and reinforcements, printed on one surface of the sheet between adjacent circumferential fol...
05/05/1987
4597656Folding type camera
A folding type camera comprises a front cover which is fabricated of a front plate and side plates joined with the front plate and which is swingable around a swing shaft parallel with a film supporting face of a camera body. Rotatable levers having bosse...
07/01/1986
4591252Photographic ground-glass plate camera
The image carrier and lens carrier of a photographic ground-glass plate camera are supported on a camera base for lengthwise displacement on separate guide rails, and for pivoting about a vertical axis. A bellows is connected between the carriers. The pos...
05/27/1986
4547053Bellows assembly for photographic cameras
The invention is designed for photographic cameras which incorporate a bellows and require electrical connections between the parts separated by this bellows. To provide a non-obtrusive and adaptable form of this electrical connection this invention provi...
10/15/1985
4497549Collapsible lens shade
A collapsible lens shade comprises a foldable bellows connected between front and second plate-like members. A track member is pivotally connected to one of the front and rear plate-like members, preferably the front member, and locking means is provided ...
02/05/1985
4354752Photographic camera
A photographic camera having a rear lens carrier with a ground-glass screen frame capable of receiving a separate film cassette insertable thereat, and having a front lens carrier frame provided with a between-the-lens shutter containing electromagnetical...
10/19/1982
4331408Photographic bellows unit
The photographic bellows unit is provided with a device for indicating the distance between the standards which support the bellows and are adjustable relative to each other. There are arranged between the standards (2;3) two scissors-shaped levers (8;13)...
05/25/1982
4279492Planar bellows
An improved bellows for use with a folding camera comprises a sheet of opaque resilient material, extending over an opening in the camera body. When the camera is folded, the bellows material is collapsed to a substantially flat plane, and when the camera...
07/21/1981
4208114Photographic camera
An instant picture camera which uses a cassette housing photosensitive sheet material, has a storage area for storing developer agent and forms a visible image after the developing process by the agent in the storage area after exposure is disclosed. The ...
06/17/1980
4205895Collapsible lens shade
A collapsible lens shade comprises a foldable bellows connected between front and second plate-like members. A track member is pivotally connected to one of the front and rear plate-like members, preferably the front member, and locking means is provided ...
06/03/1980
4201461Stop-down device in a bellows device
In a stop-down device in a bellows device having a lens mount, operating levers are provided on both the left and right side surfaces of the lens mount so as to ensure that a stop-down knob always assumes the same position even if the lens with the lens m...
05/06/1980
4166686Shutter-control mechanism for photographic camera
A disk rigid with a member of a gear train for the control of a spring-loaded setting ring of a shutter, connected via a lost-motion coupling with a wind-up lever, is rotatably mounted on a camera housing alongside a focusing knob which controls the displ...
09/04/1979
4152059Collapsible camera
A collapsible instant-picture camera has a flat box-shaped housing the front side of which is provided with a recess. The latter is flanked within the housing by a camera-drive compartment at its one lateral side and a battery compartment at its other lat...
05/01/1979
4109264Battery mount for collapsible cameras
A battery mount for collapsible cameras of the type in which a forwardly disposed shutter housing is connected to a rearwardly oriented film housing by a collapsible bellows. Electrical equipment contained within or supported by the shutter housing is sup...
08/22/1978
4104664Film advance mechanism for still cameras
A still camera has a housing adapted to hold a roll of film having a succession of frames. An openable shutter is provided on the housing alignable with the film and a takeup wheel in the housing is connectable to the roll of film and rotatable to wind th...
08/01/1978
4095246Bellows setting equipment
Equipment for the setting of the bellows between an objective and a camera. An arrangement is devised to reduce play and inaccuracy by the use of a control and operating member acting on an intermediate element of a gear train between the elements control...
06/13/1978
4006488Bellows for use in a foldable camera
There is disclosed a bellows for use in a foldable camera provided between the main body and lens mount of the camera with inward and outward folding lines including a couple of lines to raise and to bow the lens mount against the main body in the folded ...
02/01/1977
3975750View finder for a single lens reflex camera
A first focusing optical system including a mirror is located behind the taking lens of a single lens reflex camera for reflecting the light coming through the taking lens at an angle with respect to the optical axis thereof and forming an inverted real i...
08/17/1976
3952835Flat torque rate drive system
The subject invention provides reflex photographic apparatus incorporating an operator reflex assembly which is moved during a photographic cycle to convert an optical path from a viewing-focusing mode configuration to an exposure mode configuration. Spri...
04/27/1976
 
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