Patent ID: 6132110
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G03B

Abstract:
A camera having a pivotally mounted lens cover for a movable lens barrel capable of being separated from the lens barrel upon the occurrence of an external force to protect the coupling mechanism from breakage, comprising:a camera body;a fixed lens barrel on said camera body including a moving lens barrel movable between a collapsed position for non-photography and to a thrust position for photography;a lens cover pivotally mounted upon support shafts, which lie parallel to a plane substantially perpendicular to an optical axis of a photography lens, as a center so as to move between a closed position at which at least part of the face of said photography lens is shielded and an open position at which the face of said photography lens is exposed; anda linkage member in addition to the lens cover, which is pivoted about the support shafts provided along the barrel, said lens cover being coupled with part of a camera body by the linkage member,wherein when said lens cover is open, if an external force is applied in a direction in which said lens cover if further opened, said lens cover comes off from said support shaft, and even at this time, said lens cover is coupled with part of the camera body by linkage member.