Patent ID: 6796727
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera comprising:a barrier member slidably movable along the surface of said camera to a closing position for covering a lens barrel of said camera body and to an opening position for letting said lens barrel be exposed; a pressing member for pressing said barrier member from the side of said camera body and regulating a slide movement of said barrier member in the closing position and the opening position; a regulating member, provided on said camera body, for regulating a position of said pressing member in a direction orthogonal to a slide moving direction of said barrier member as well as in a direction along the surface of said camera; a guide channel formed in said barrier member and coming into contact with said pressing member at a plurality of points with the center of said pressing member being interposed therebetween in the direction orthogonal to the slide moving direction of said barrier member as well as in the direction along the surface of said camera, a retaining member for regulating a position of said barrier member in an optical-axis direction of said lens barrel; and wherein said guide channel is formed with a channel on which said pressing member abuts over the entire area of a barrier member movable range and with two pieces of recessed portions into which said pressing member sinks in the opening position and the closing position of said barrier member, and said guide channel comes into contact with said pressing member at two points that are symmetric with respect to the center of said pressing member and with the center of said pressing member being interposed therebetween in the direction orthogonal to the slide moving direction of said barrier member as well as in the direction along the surface of said camera either in said channel or in said two recessed portions.