Patent ID: 7587134

Claim:
A camera having a barrier comprising: a frame member which is waterproof so as to protect an inside of the frame member from water; a driving source stored inside of the frame member; an outside transmission member for transmitting a driving force of the driving source to outside of the frame member; a through portion which is provided to the frame member and through which the outside transmission member passes through the frame member; a seal member for sealing a connection between the through portion and the outside transmission member to waterproof the connection; a lens barrier which is provided outside of the frame member, and which is movable between a lens-barrier retracted position at which the lens barrier is retracted from a front of a photographing lens and a protection position at which the lens barrier faces the front of the photographing lens; and a driving mechanism which is provided outside of the frame member, and which is operable to drive the lens barrier between the lens-barrier retracted position and the protection position by the driving force of the driving source which is received from the outside transmission member; wherein the driving source also drives a lens barrel of the photographing lens to extend toward outside of the camera; wherein the photographing lens comprises a zoom lens; wherein the outside transmission member comprises a rotary member; wherein the through portion comprises an opening; wherein the seal member comprises an O-ring; wherein the frame member has an opening for extending the lens barrel of the photographing lens toward the outside of the camera; and wherein an additional seal member is provided to a connection between the opening and an outer circumferential surface of the lens barrel of the photographing lens so as to waterproof the connection.