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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7178999 | Shutter-opening/closing and shutter-flash synchronization driver for dual-blade shutter in camera A flash camera has a single-piece shutter-opening/closing and shutter-flash synchronization driver that translates in one direction to pivot a pair of shutter blades away from one another and simultaneously push a movable switch contact of a normally open shutter-fl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7156565 | Driver for opening and closing dual-blade shutter adapted to be reset without re-opening shutter In a camera, a dual-blade shutter has a pair of shutter blades supported for opening and closing movement to uncover and re-cover an exposure aperture, and a shutter driver that projects into respective overlapping slots in the shutter blades and is supported for sh... | 01/02/2007 |
| 6811331 | Lens shutter system A lens shutter system has an inner drive ring which is rotated by a drive motor and an outer drive ring which is rotated by the drive motor. A plurality of shutter blades of the lens shutter system are driven through drive pins of the inner drive ring and drive pins... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6749349 | Sector blade driving device of a camera A sector blade driving device includes a plurality of sector blades which define an adjustable photographic aperture, and a cylindrical member which surrounds the periphery of the sector blades to prevent harmful light from entering the photographic aperture from ou... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6222584 | Method of automatically rotating image storage data subject to image capture angle, and the related digital camera A digital camera, which includes an optical module for capturing an image, angle detecting sensor means for detecting the angle of the digital camera when capturing an image, and a photo processing module, which controls the operation of the optical modul... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6068412 | Shutter mechanism prevents accidental shutter opening due to physical shock A shutter mechanism comprising an aperture through which ambient light is passed to cause a film exposure, a pair of shutter blades supported for pivotal opening movement in opposite opening directions away from one another to uncover the aperture to perm... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5721995 | Lens-fitted photographic film unit having shutter with connection lever and crank lever In a lens-fitted photographic film unit, a connection lever makes one reciprocating movement when struck by a shutter actuating lever. The reciprocating movement of the connection lever is transmitted to a crank lever to a pair of shutter blades to cause ... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5594519 | Blade mechanism A blade mechanism includes a driving ring. At least two blades each have a pivot, a driving pin and an opening. The pivot of one blade is placed between the pivot and the driving pin of the other blade. The blades are rotated around the pivots by the driv... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5534961 | Belt drive shutter device A coupling device for controlling the shutter blades of a leaf type shutter. The coupling device includes two or more hubs that are each coupled to a shutter blade and a portion of a base and a continuous belt that is in contact with the hubs so that when... | 07/09/1996 |
| 4935659 | Ultrasonic motor An ultrasonic motor has first and second elastically vibrating rotatable means and third rotatable means interposed between the first and second rotatable means. The first and second rotatable means, which are made elastic disk members, generate mechanica... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4486084 | Light shield blades for light control device and light control device utilizing said light shield blades A light-shielding blade for use in a light control device, comprises a flat area and a recessed area on each face. The recessed area on one face is positioned substantially corresponding to the flat area on the other face. The light control device is for ... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4415252 | Electromagnetically operated shutter An electromagnetically operated shutter includes a conductive member which has a number of radial components from the center of rotation of a sector ring, and is arranged on a plane parallel with the sector ring. The conductive member is secured to the se... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4349264 | Electromagnetically driven shutter In an electromagnetically driven shutter of the type having a shutter driving rotor arranged to rotate on the optical axis of a photograph-taking lens, the shutter driving rotor is provided with a circular opening and is formed into an approximately rhomb... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4348092 | Electromagnetically driven shutter In an electromagnetically driven shutter with a rotor having a conductive coil pattern and a stator with permanent magnets arranged thereon to form a magnetic field in which the rotor is driven to rotate, the rotor is provided with a return spring urging ... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4348093 | Inter-lens shutter An inter-lens shutter having an opening and closing system comprised of a plurality of, e.g. at least five, successively overlapping segments which are disposed so that they reciprocate between an open and a closed shutter position, two of the segments ha... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4298265 | Light-intercepting device in a camera In a light-intercepting device in a camera including a plurality of flat light-intercepting vanes disposed on a light-intercepting plane crossing an optical path, the light-intercepting vanes comprise a substrate formed of titanium or a titanium alloy, an... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4206992 | Electromagnetic actuator for shutters for photographic cameras Electromagnetically operated camera shutter includes a pivotally mounted shutter blade actuating ring having a radially directed arm and driven from closed position to open, an electromagnet having an electromagnetically responsive external anchor and mou... | 06/10/1980 |
| 4157870 | Exposure station A microfiche duplicator exposure station where a copy sheet lies facewise over a master while an elongated lamp shines light through the master to expose the copy sheet. A shutter that controls exposure, includes two plates lying over the lamp and a solen... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4041511 | Driving device of lens shutter of single-lens reflex camera A lens shutter for a quick-return single-lens reflex camera in which the diaphragm blades and shutter blades are operated by an operating ring driven rotationally in opposite directions by a driving device. The driving device has a pair of axially biased ... | 08/09/1977 |
