Patent ID: 8491204

Claim:
A shutter device for use in an imaging apparatus having a minor that can move back and forth in a photographic optical path, the shutter device comprising: a shutter plate formed with an aperture through which a photographic light flux passes, wherein the shutter plate is formed with a first shaft parallel to an optical axis of the photographic light flux; a shutter blade configured to close and open the aperture; a drive lever configured to drive the shutter blade, wherein the drive lever is arranged to rotate around the first shaft; a blade drive spring configured to urge the drive lever; a mirror lever configured to drive the minor, wherein the mirror lever is arranged to rotate around a second shaft in parallel to the first shaft; a mirror lever drive spring configured to urge the mirror lever; and a charge member configured to charge the blade drive spring and the minor lever drive spring, wherein the charge member is arranged to rotate around a third shaft in parallel to the first shaft, wherein the drive lever and the mirror lever are arranged so that a first rotating direction of the drive lever that charges the blade drive spring and a second rotating direction of the mirror lever that charges the mirror lever drive spring are same direction, and wherein in a case when the charge member rotates in one direction, the charge member drives the drive lever directly to rotate in the first rotating direction, and the charge member drives the mirror lever directly to rotate in the second rotating direction.