Patent ID: 7486453

Claim:
A lens body tube comprising: a projection lens; and a rotary cam tube that moves a variable power lens within the projection lens in an optical axis direction in accordance with a rotation of the rotary cam tube, so as to perform a zooming operation in response to movement of the variable power lens in the optical axis direction, the lens body tube further comprising: a supporting tube, provided at an outside of the rotary cam tube, that rotatably supports the rotary cam tube; a zooming tube, rotatably provided at an outside of the supporting tube, that rotatably supports the supporting tube and rotates the rotary cam tube in accordance with a rotation of the zooming tube; a cam gear provided at an outer peripheral surface of the rotary cam tube; a zoom gear provided at an inner peripheral surface of the zooming tube; a relay gear that is rotatably provided between the rotary cam tube and the zooming tube, and meshes with the cam gear and the zoom gear to transmit a rotation movement of the zooming tube to the rotary cam tube; an insertion hole in which the relay gear is inserted so as to mesh the relay gear with the cam gear and the zoom gear, the insertion hole being formed at the supporting tube and; and a supporting portion, provided at the supporting tube, that rotatably supports the relay gear.