Patent ID: 6850703

Claim:
A pop-up mechanism for a flashing apparatus comprising: a photo button having a first press position and a full-press position, said first press position being less than said full-press position; a flashing apparatus which is supported so as to be movable between a pop-up position and a housing position; a spring means which urges said flashing apparatus to said pop-up position; a working member having an engaging means which holds said flashing apparatus in said housing position; photometric means responsive to said first press position of said photo button to examine whether or not an amount of light admitted to a subject is larger than a set value so that, when larger, a picture is temporarily acquired while said flashing apparatus remains in said housing position; and a plunger, responsive to said photo button and said photometric means, which is linked to said working member and of which a magnetic attracting force is inactivated when energized, wherein in a condition that said flashing apparatus is housed, said working member is attracted by a magnetic force generated in said plunger resisting a spring force of said spring means, said flashing apparatus is held in said housing position by said engaging means, said engaging means is moved backward by a spring force of said spring means by energizing said plunger to inactivate the magnetic attracting force, and said flashing apparatus is sprung up to said pop-up position when the amount of light admitted to the subject is judged to be smaller than the set value to energize said plunger.