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Camera

  • US 5,978,603 A
  • Filed: 09/08/1998
  • Issued: 11/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A camera comprising:

  • a camera body;

    a cover unit attached to the camera body so as to be rotatably opened and closed about a spindle; and

    a stop member provided to prevent the cover unit from rotating over a predetermined angle,wherein;

    the cover unit is constituted by an inner cover and an outer cover integrally attached as a unit in a state where electric circuit components are interposed therebetween, and comprises a pair of contact portions, each having a semicircular surface brought into contact with a circumferential surface of a shaft portion attached to the camera body, respectively formed in corresponding portions of contact surfaces of the inner and outer covers, the pair of contact portions rotatably supporting a circumferential surface of the shaft portion in two directions, thereby constituting a bearing portion; and

    the stop member has an end rotatably supported by the camera body and another end set to be slidable along a guide groove formed between the inner cover and the outer cover.

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