Abstract: In an automatic focusing camera having a shutter control member for controlling the shutter mechanism and a focusing member for regulating the position of the camera lens, an actuating member is provided for controlling the focusing member and the shutter control member. The actuating member is a single slidably mounted element which is movable between a charged position and a rest position and is biased into the rest position. The actuating member actuates the focusing member in the initial stage of movement from the charged position to the rest position and actuates the shutter control member in the final stage of the movement to the rest position.

Abstract: An electromagnetic shutter controlling device releases the shutter to start exposure when the device is energized and completes exposure when the device is deenergized.The electromagnetic shutter controlling device is constituted of a shutter blade for opening and closing the shutter aperture, a first driving spring for closing or releasing the shutter blade, an electrical delay circuit for controlling exposure time, an electromagnetic device including an armature attracted by the magnetic force of the electromagnetic device and being connected to the electrical delay circuit, a second driving spring which is strained by the attraction of the armature so as to release or close the shutter blade when it is released, and a retaining member for keeping the shutter blade at the aperture closing position until it is actuated to release the shutter blade by the attraction of the armature.

Abstract: An electronic programmed shutter has a sector which is also used as an aperture vane, a sector opening and closing lever normally biased in the sector closing direction, a driving member which is moved in a linear direction by a release operation of the shutter, an electromagnetic device for controlling the closing time of the shutter by an electronic switching circuit, and a driving lever having a first cam face acting in such a direction as the sector is opened by the sector opening and closing lever and a second cam face coacting with the electromagnetic device.

Abstract: In a timepiece having a case and having a minute hand and an hour hand for indicating time, an alarm signaling device generates an alarm by detecting the phase of two sets of gears. One set of gears comprises an hour hand gear and an hour detecting gear and the other set comprises a minute hand gear and a minute detecting gear. The two sets of gears are concentrically mounted for rotation and the minute detecting gear is positioned between the minute gear and the one set of gears. The minute detecting gear has a contacting sliding contact with the minute gear. The alarm signaling device further includes an alarm signaling time setting wheel having an axis of rotation parallel to that of the two sets of gears and a first gear and a second gear engaging the minute detecting gear and the hour detecting gear respectively.

Abstract: An automatic focusing camera capable of automatically focusing the photographic lens thereof by a system actuated by a signal produced by a focus detection circuit when the distance between the object to be photographed by the camera is detected includes an exposure control device comprising an exposure control circuit and an electromagnet. A photographic lens focusing member is movable in response to the shutter release operation and is stopped in response to the magnetizing of the electromagnet. An exposure device is actuated to open to start the exposure after the photographic lens focusing member is stopped, and is closed in response to the demagnetizing of the electromagnet which occurs upon the receipt thereof of the exposure completion signal generated by the exposure control circuit. In this way, a common electromagnet is used for both the focus control and the exposure control to simplify the construction of the camera and to reduce the cost thereof.

Abstract: In an electronic program shutter having sectoral shutter blades functioning in varying both the aperture and the exposure time corresponding to the brightness of the field, a synchronizing device according to the present invention comprises a sectoral shutter blade control lever which is oscillatable and capable of opening and closing the sectoral shutter blades and is normally urged in the direction that the sectoral shutter blades keep the aperture closed, a driving member which travels in one direction according to the shutter release operation, an actuating lever rotatable about a shaft fitted on the driving member and interlocked with the sectoral shutter blade control lever, an electromagnet which is unmagnetized at an exposure completion signal given by an exposure control circuit, and an armature which operates a flash light switch and cancels the engagement between the sectoral shutter blade control lever and the actuating lever when the electromagnet is unmagnetized and the attraction by the electro

Abstract: A camera shutter has a set of opening blades and a set of closing blades sequentially driven from cocked positions to released positions to effect an exposure. During cocking of the shutter, the opening and closing blades are driven to their cocked positions by opening and closing mechanisms which include springs for permitting continued movement of the opening and closing mechanisms in the cocking direction after the opening and closing blades are driven to their cocked positions. Upon completion of the movement of the opening and closing blades to their cocked positions, the springs undergo further compression thereby permitting continued cocking movement of the opening and closing mechanisms independent of the opening and closing blades.

Abstract: A camera shutter equipped with a selftimer device has an interlocking member for coordinating the movement of the camera operating member and the selftimer device to obtain accurate operation of the shutter release member. The interlocking member has a first arm which engages with the operating member during movement thereof at the beginning portion of the shutter release motion and the operating member thereafter drives the interlocking member to a position in which the interlocking member actuates the selftimer device to initiate a timing operation. Near the end of the timing operation, the selftimer device engages with a second arm of the interlocking member and thereafter drives the interlocking member to another position during the course of which a translating lever mounted on the interlocking member actuates the shutter release member to initiate release of the shutter.

Abstract: A control device for the shutter of a camera comprises an opening member for opening a shutter aperture to initiate taking of an exposure, a closing member for closing the aperture to complete the exposure, and opening and closing pawls for respectively retaining the opening and closing members at their charged position. A control member actuated during the shutter release motion releases the engagement of the opening pawl from the opening member, and a governor is provided for delaying the operation of the control member. An interlock lever is actuated by the opening member to release the engagement of the closing pawl from the closing member, and an exposure time setting cam is provided for adjustably setting the motion of the governor so as to shift the interlock lever between its working position and rest position.

Abstract: An exposure time setting device is provided for effecting the exposure time for the shutter in response to the dial position of an exposure time setting dial disposed on an upper surface of a camera and movable in an operating plane. The device is provided with a control mechanism movable in a given plane perpendicular to the operating plane for opening and closing the shutter, a governor mechanism movable in the given plane for delaying operation of the control mechanism and an exposure time setting cam movable, in response to movement of the dial, within a plane parallel to the operating plane and perpendicular to the given plane.

Abstract: A camera shutter digital control circuit having a counter for counting a number of pulses representative of exposure time and for reading-out the counted pulses to control exposure time. An adjustable delay circuit synchronizes shutter opening and the initiation of memory read-out. Upon the initiation of shutter opening a signal is applied to the delay circuit, which is adjusted to develop a delay equal to a particular shutter opening time. The delayed signal is then applied to initiate reading-out of the control pulses so that the exposure time is controlled in synchronism with the shutter opening.

Abstract: An exposure control device for the shutter of a camera wherein an opening member opens the aperture of the shutter to start exposure, a closing member closes the aperture to complete exposure, an opening hook and a closing hook retain at a charged position the opening member and the closing member, respectively. A control member is released by shutter release operation to control the exposure time by shutter release operation to control the exposure time and to successively release said opening member and said closing member. A governor delays the motion of said control member in proportion to desired exposure times. An interlocking lever is adjustable to a first range where it is actuated by the movement of the control member to push the closing hook and to a second range where it is actuated by the movement of the opening member to push the closing hook. An adjusting lever supports the interlocking lever operable within the first and second ranges.

Abstract: A driving device including a magnetized driving rotor mounted for rotation within a magnetic field produced in a coreless coil, and, in order to make the magnetic pole of said driving rotor deviate by a definite angle relative to the magnet field direction of said coil, a supplementary magnetized rotor mounted for rotation outside of the coil and magnetically coupled with the driving rotor. And the supplementary rotor is provided with magnetic poles, the number thereof being greater than the number of poles of said driving rotor. The driving rotor has an odd number of pole pairs.

Abstract: In an electromagnetic driving device for example for an electric clock, a driving polar rotor arranged in the magnetic field of a coreless field coil drives a rotatable following polar rotor so that in their static states the poles of the rotors are shifted at a definite angle in the direction of the magnetic field of the coil. The driving polar rotor is rotatably supported within a bobbin on which the coil is wound and is retained in the bobbin by a rotor retaining part which is held in place by a printed circuit plate which controls the current flowing through the coil.

Abstract: A plurality of separate shutter blades are arranged in a plane defined between a pair of base plates each having a shutter exposure aperture. Projections are provided on the base plates for urging the respective blades to be held in intimate contact with each other when the blades are in a position where they cover the aperture.

Abstract: A camera shutter mechanism including a shutter opening member mounted for pivoting about a first axis between a closed position corresponding to a closed shutter and an open position corresponding to an open shutter, and a shutter closing member mounted for pivoting about a second axis between an open position corresponding to an open shutter and a closed position corresponding to a closed shutter. A movable driving member includes a coupling mechanism for releasably coupling the driving member to the shutter opening member to permit moving the shutter opening member by moving the driving member, and for releasing the shutter opening member from the driving member when the shutter opening member is moved from the open to the closed position. A first spring biases the driving member to move the shutter opening member from the closed to the opened position to initiate exposure, and a second spring biases the shutter closing member to move from the opened to the closed position to terminate exposure.

Abstract: A camera shutter includes a pair of spaced apart base plates supporting the various shutter components. At least one of the base plates is formed entirely of synthetic resin material which is electrically insulative and which possesses lubricating properties. The synthetic resin base plate has a set of tubular portions extending toward and connected to the other base plate and also has a set of shafts turnably supporting some of the shutter components, such as the control lever and control cam. The synthetic resin base plate also includes a hollow winding frame about which is wound a coil and in which is slidably inserted an armature to form an electromagnet for use in controlling the shutter operation. The use of a synthetic resin base plate dispenses with the necessity of separate lubrication and enables formation of a smaller shutter.

Abstract: A camera shutter mechanism including an actuating lever for actuating the mechanism, a biasing spring biasing the actuating lever to operate, and a hook lever for releasably holding the actuating lever against the action of the biasing spring. The actuating lever includes a pin extending outwardly therefrom, and a resilient cylindrical bushing loosely fitting around the pin, with the pin positioned so that the spring bears against the bushing to push the bushing against the pin. The pin is positioned so that structure for returning the actuating lever from a rest position to a cocked position pushes against the bushing when returning the actuating lever.

Abstract: A camera shutter control mechanism for controlling a shutter opening comprises an opening member movable in an opening direction for opening the shutter opening to start an exposure and a closing member movable in a closing direction for closing the shutter opening to terminate the exposure. Opening and closing pawls releasably lock the opening and closing members in their charged positions. An operating member actuates the opening pawl so as to release the opening member for movement in the opening direction and during the course of such movement, the opening member actuates an interlock lever which in turn actuates an adjustable fulcrum lever for actuating the closing pawl to release the closing member for movement in the closing direction. An exposure period setting member is arranged so as to adjust the operation of the fulcrum lever with respect to the closing pawl and for selectively effecting movement of the fulcrum lever to operative and inoperative positions.

Abstract: A slip mechanism in the gear train of a clock comprises a gear wheel and an associated pinion coaxial with the gear. The gear wheel and pinion have interengaging surfaces for centering and rotatively guiding them relative to one another. A circle of resilient fingers on one of the gear wheel and pinions resiliently, frictionally and radially engage an annular friction surface of the other to provide a frictional coupling between them. Moreover hooks on the fingers retain the gear wheel and pinion in assembled relation to one another. In one embodiment the resilient fingers are integral with the pinion and are received in a concentric opening in the gear wheel of lesser diameter than a circle defined by the fingers in relaxed conditions. In another embodiment the resilient fingers are integral with the gear wheel and engage the outside of a concentric flange on the pinion of larger diameter than a circle defined by the fingers in relaxed condition.