Claims
- 1. A camera including a flash unit, the flash unit being turnable between a retracted position and a projected position and provided with an illumination-angle varying mechanism, said camera comprising:
- (a) a motor, disposed in a camera body of said camera, for driving the illumination-angle varying mechanism;
- (b) a transmission system for transmitting an output rotation of said motor to the illumination-angle varying mechanism, said transmission system including a first rotating wheel having a central axis coincident with a turning axis of the flash unit and a second rotating wheel having a coaxial and fixed relationship with respect to said first rotating wheel, for transferring a rotational force from said first rotating wheel to the illumination-angle varying mechanism; and
- (c) a clutch mechanism for switching a direction of transmission of the output rotation of said motor in accordance with a direction of rotation of said motor, said clutch mechanism transmitting the output rotation of said motor to said transmission system during a rotation of said motor in a first direction, and transmitting the output rotation of said motor to a camera-operating mechanism during a rotation of said motor in a second direction.
- 2. A camera according to claim 1, wherein the flash unit is disposed substantially at a middle position of a top cover of said camera body.
- 3. A camera according to claim 1, wherein the illumination-angle varying mechanism varies a flash illumination angle by moving a flash element relative to a condenser lens.
- 4. A camera according to claim 3, wherein the illumination-angle varying mechanism includes a cam mechanism for moving the flash element, said cam mechanism being disposed on the same side as said rotating wheel.
- 5. A camera according to claim 4, wherein the illumination-angle varying mechanism is capable of each of increasing and decreasing the flash illumination angle by rotating said rotating wheel in one direction.
- 6. A camera according to claim 1, wherein the illumination-angle varying mechanism is capable of each of increasing and decreasing the flash illumination angle by rotating said rotating wheel in one direction.
- 7. A camera according to claim 1, wherein said camera-operating mechanism comprises a mirror swinging mechanism.
- 8. A camera according to claim 1, wherein said transmission system transmits the output rotation of said motor to the illumination-angle varying mechanism through a gear train.
Priority Claims (2)
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2-332684 |
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2-332686 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of prior application Ser. No. 07/797,961 filed on Nov. 26, 1991, now abandoned.
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Continuations (1)
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