Patent ID: 7307803

Claim:
A zoom lens device comprising: a fixed barrel formed with straight forward guide openings; a plurality of lens holding frames that hold lens groups, which are respectively moved different movement amounts during varying of a power, wherein cam followers that engage with the straight forward guide openings are provided on an outer periphery of the lens holding frames; a cam barrel supported inside the fixed barrel so as to be rotatable and movable in an optical axis direction, the cam barrel that holds the plurality of lens holding frames inside the cam barrel so that the plurality of lens holding frames are movable in the optical axis direction; cams formed on the cam barrel to engage with the cam followers, respectively, wherein the cams are formed to have an inclination in such a manner that when the cam barrel is rotated in one way in a circumferential direction on an optical axis, all the lens holding frames are moved with respect to the fixed barrel in one way in the optical axis direction; cam barrel cams provided in the fixed barrel; cam barrel cam followers provided to protrude from the cam barrel to engage with the cam barrel cams; and a power variation driving ring provided on an outer periphery of the fixed barrel so as to be rotatable and movable in the optical axis direction, the power variation driving ring engaged with top ends of the cam barrel cam followers to apply a rotating force to the cam barrel, wherein: the cam barrel cam openings are formed to have an inclination in such a manner that when the power variation driving ring is rotated in the one way in the circumferential direction on the optical axis, the cam barrel is moved in the same direction as a direction in which the cams move the lens holding frames.