Patent ID: 6039476
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera having a drive force transmission device, said device comprising:a plurality of drive shafts placed in a non-linear manner;input gears, respectively provided on said plurality of drive shafts;output gears, respectively provided on said plurality of drive shafts, for outputting an input drive force applied to its associated input gear;said plurality of drive shafts each lying in a different plane such that said different planes are parallel with one another, said plurality of drive shafts being respectively arranged in said planes which are nearly parallel with one surface of said camera; anddrive force switching means for selectively coupling a drive force transmitted from a drive source wherein said drive force switching means has a gear which is operative to output a drive force to said input gears and which has an axis of rotation that is inclined at a predetermined angle to an axis of rotation of each of said input gears.