Patent ID: 6094534
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: G02B,G03B

Abstract:
A lens barrel of a camera comprising:a lens holding frame for holding a lens, the lens holding frame having a first cam follower;a guide member having a second cam follower;a rotatable cylinder for supporting the lens holding frame and the guide member therein, the rotatable cylinder being provided with a first cam groove and a second cam groove in an internal circumferential surface thereof, the first cam groove and the second cam groove being along one another, the first cam follower engaging with the first cam groove and the second cam follower engaging with the second cam groove, the lens holding frame and the guide member separately moving within the rotatable cylinder along an optical axis of the lens upon rotating of the rotatable cylinder; anda pressing member for pressing the lens holding frame and the guide member in one of directions as to become closer to one another and as to become farther from one another.