Patent ID: 9588403
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: F21V,G03B

Claim:
1. A strobe device comprising: a strobe main body including a light emitting surface; a plate-like reflector provided on the strobe main body so as to be movable between a use position in which the reflector protrudes forward from the light emitting surface of the strobe main body and a storing position in which the reflector is retracted backward from the use position; a reflector magnetic member made of ferromagnetic material or permanent magnet and attached to the reflector; and a main body magnetic member made of ferromagnetic material or permanent magnet arid attached to the strobe main body, wherein when the reflector approaches at least one of the use position or the storing position, the main body magnetic member magnetically attracts the reflector magnetic member and holds the reflector at the one of the use position and the storing position by magnetic attraction, wherein the reflector is mounted so as to be slidable in a forward and backward direction along an outer wall of the strobe main body, such that the reflector moves between the use position or the storing position by sliding relative to the strobe body main body, and wherein the main body magnetic member and the reflector facing magnetic member are provided in the outer wall of the strobe main body and a surface of the reflector facing the outer wall, respectively, wherein the reflector further includes a stopper for limiting the sliding movement of the reflector to at least one of the use position or the storing position by abutting a portion of the strobe main body, and wherein when the reflector is located in the one of the use position or the storing position, the main body magnetic member and the reflector magnetic member are displaced from each other in a sliding direction of the reflector such that the main body magnetic member magnetically attracts the reflector magnetic member to urge the reflector toward the one of the use position or the storing position.