Patent ID: 8317417

Claim:
A rotary photographic shutter, comprising: (a) a base plate; (b) a rotating ring; (c) a plurality of shutter blades pivotally connected to the base plate, and moveable between an open position and a closed position in response to rotation of the ring; (d) an actuation assembly connected to the base plate, the actuation assembly comprising a drive arm operable to selectively rotate the ring; (e) a bumper assembly comprising at least one resilient element fixedly disposed with respect to the base plate, the drive arm impinging the resilient element when the plurality of shutter blades is in the open and closed positions, the drive arm being isolated from contact with the resilient element when the plurality of shutter blades is between the open and closed positions; and (f) a damper fixedly disposed within and proximate to a perimeter of the base plate such that at least one shutter blade of the plurality of shutter blades impinges the damper at the open position and is isolated from contact with the damper at the closed position, the damper prohibiting the at least one shutter blade from impacting the base plate at the open position.