Auxiliary lens for camera and the like

• US 6,889,006 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2003
• Issued: 05/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Toda Seiko Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Toda Seiko Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kobayashi, Fumio
• Primary Examiner(s): Gray, David M.
• Application Number:
  US10/630,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20040252987A1
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 348/552, 396/71, 396/529, 396/530, 396/544
• US Class Current: 396/6
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/14 adapted to interchange lenses G02B7/027 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 11/00 Filters or other obturators specially adapted for photographic purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/12 with means for supporting objectives, supplementary lenses, filters, masks, or turrets
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/565 Optical accessories, e.g. converters for close-up photography, tele-convertors, wide-angle convertors

Abstract

An auxiliary lens for a camera and the like includes a washer to be mounted to a camera and an auxiliary-lens body to be joined to the washer to thereby be mounted to the camera. The auxiliary-lens body has an adhering section made of a permanent magnet, ferromagnetic substance or a magnetic substance at the position to be mounted to the camera. The washer is made of a ferromagnetic substance, a magnetic substance or a permanent magnet that can adhere to the adhering section of the auxiliary-lens body. Thus, mounting the washer to the camera with a double-faced tape or the like allows the auxiliary lens to be mounted to the camera and the like through the washer by a magnetic force.

Claims

1. An auxiliary lens for a camera, comprising:

a washer to be mounted to the camera; and

an auxiliary-lens body to be joined to the washer to thereby be mounted to the camera;

wherein

the auxiliary-lens body has an adhering section made of a permanent magnet, a ferromagnetic substance or a magnetic substance at the position to be mounted to the camera; and

the washer is a flat ring, is made of a ferromagnetic substance, a magnetic substance or a permanent magnet that can be adhered to the adhering section of the auxiliary-lens body, and is adapted to be bonded by a user to a surface surrounding a lens of the camera with a bonding agent.

2. An auxiliary lens for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the bonding agent is a double-faced tape, the double-faced tape being arranged on the washer in advance.

3. An auxiliary lens for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the washer includes several kinds of washers in correspondence to the size of the lens of the camera.

6. An auxiliary lens for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the bonding agent is an adhesive agent.

7. An auxiliary lens for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the washer is to be mounted directly on the camera.

4. An auxiliary lens for an apparatus having an objective lens for image formation, comprising:

a washer to be mounted to the apparatus having an objective lens for image formation; and

an auxiliary-lens body to be joined to the washer to thereby be mounted to the apparatus having an objective lens for image formation;

wherein

the auxiliary-lens body has an adhering section made of a permanent magnet, a ferromagnetic substance or a magnetic substance at the position to be mounted to the apparatus having an objective lens for image formation; and

the washer is a flat ring, is made of a ferromagnetic substance, a magnetic substance or a permanent magnet that can be adhered to the adhering section of the auxiliary-lens body, and is adapted to be bonded by a user to a surface of apparatus surrounding the lens of the apparatus having an objective lens for image formation with a bonding agent.

5. An auxiliary lens for an apparatus having an objective lens for image formation according to claim 4, wherein the apparatus includes at least one of a digital camera, a cellular phone with built-in camera, and a disposable camera.