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Stereo camera

  • US 5,778,268 A
  • Filed: 08/12/1996
  • Issued: 07/07/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A stereo camera of the reflex type comprising a camera body of the structure that two optical systems of a single-lens reflex camera bodies are integrated, two photographing lenses, a focal point adjusting mechanism for adjusting a focal point by interlocking a pair of lens boards for mounting said photographing lenses in parallel with the optical axis direction of the lenses, and a mechanism for adjusting the distance between the optical axes for adjusting the interval of said pair of lens boards, wherein lens shifting cams are symmetrically provided at a base frame for supporting said lens boards and said focal point adjusting mechanism so that cam surfaces thereof are faced, engaging portions brought into contact with said lens shifting cams are provided at said pair of lens boards, said pair of lens boards are urged by a spring in an interval increasing direction so that said engaging portions are pushed onto said lens shifting cams to constitute a mechanism for automatically adjusting the distance between the optical axes to bring the visual fields of right and left photographing lenses at a focal distance into agreement at all times irrespective of the feeding amounts of the photographing lenses by said lens shifting cams, an expanding and contracting mechanism for switching the interval of a pair of lens shifters by means such as a feed screw or the like is provided, said pair of lens boards are disposed between said pair of lens shifters to constitute a mechanism for manually adjusting the distance between the optical axes.

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