JP2006030498A5 - - Google Patents

Description

Quick return mechanism for single-lens reflex cameras

  The present invention relates to a mirror box mechanism of a single-lens reflex camera, and more particularly to a mirror quick return mechanism.

  Conventionally, the mirror box mechanism of an electric single-lens reflex camera is driven using a plurality of springs, levers, and cams for raising and lowering the mirror, but all use powerful springs for high-speed operation. As a result, the motor that charges the spring also had to have a high output.

  For this reason, the mechanism described above cannot sufficiently decelerate at the final stage of driving the mirror, and when the mirror is up, it strikes against a mirror receiver made of foamed material, etc. to absorb the impact, and when the mirror is down, it is elastic The impact was absorbed, for example, by hitting it on a mirror receiver that evacuated, but it was not possible to eliminate both sound and vibration.

  In addition, as another means, the occurrence of impact was suppressed by gradually lowering the mirror while the mirror was placed on the cam, but there was a problem that the mirror descending speed became slow and the viewfinder field restoration time was prolonged.

  At this time, when the mirror is lowered while being placed on the cam, the spring must be charged at a high speed in order to charge the spring with the elastic energy used for the next mirror up, and a high output motor is used. I had to do it.

As a solution to the above problem, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-36106, the movable mirror is driven by the displacement of the cam follower sandwiched between the first cam surface and the second cam surface in both the up drive and the down drive. What has been proposed. Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-36104, both the up-drive and down-drive of the movable mirror are driven by the displacement of a cam follower sandwiched between the first cam surface and the second cam surface, and the cam Although it has been proposed that the displacement is set so that an acceleration zone, a constant velocity zone, and a deceleration zone occur, a motor with high response and high output is used to drive the mirror at high speed only by the motor force. It was inevitable to do.
JP 7-36104 A JP-A-7-36106

  The present invention is a method in which a photographing operation is performed by mirror driving by a motor such as an electric single lens reflex camera, and the mirror driving time and continuous photographing speed can be increased without increasing the output of the motor, and there is little sound and vibration. An object is to provide a quick return mechanism of a single-lens reflex camera.

The present invention provides a quick return mechanism for swinging the mirror to the observation position and the retracted position in the finder of a single-lens reflex camera, the equilibrium point is placed in the middle of the range of motion of the mirror, a biasing force of the retracting direction in the observation position The mirror unit is provided with elastic means for applying an urging force in the observation direction at the retracted position, and is supplemented by the restoring force of the elastic means from the starting point of the swing region to the equilibrium point by a driving means by a motor. From the equilibrium point to the end point, the mirror unit is configured to operate in an operation mode that stores a restoring force, and the oscillating operation mechanism of the mirror unit is a rotation mechanism having an eccentric position of a gear interlocked with the motor as a shaft and a crank connected to the rotation mechanism. The elastic means configured by a reciprocating mechanism of the arm and biasing at the observation position and the retracted position of the mirror swinging operation region has one end portion at the observation position. Is intended to act, and wherein the end portion of the other one of which consists of one coil spring to act in the retracted position.

The present invention provides a quick return mechanism for swinging the mirror to the observation position and the retracted position in the finder of a single-lens reflex camera, the equilibrium point is placed in the middle of the range of motion of the mirror, a biasing force of the retracting direction in the observation position The mirror unit is provided with elastic means for applying an urging force in the observation direction at the retracted position, and is supplemented by the restoring force of the elastic means from the starting point of the swing region to the equilibrium point by a driving means by a motor. From the equilibrium point to the end point, the mirror unit is configured to operate in an operation mode that stores a restoring force, and the oscillating operation mechanism of the mirror unit is a rotation mechanism having an eccentric position of a gear interlocked with the motor as a shaft and a crank connected to the rotation mechanism. The elastic means configured by a reciprocating mechanism of the arm and biasing at the observation position and the retracted position of the mirror swinging operation region has one end portion at the observation position. Is intended to act, by the end of the other one of which consists of one coil spring to act in the retracted position, the work performed by the motor and making an opportunity for activation, friction and air resistance, etc. Since only loss energy can be compensated, the objective can be achieved even with a small output. Further, since the mirror unit is mechanically stopped at the observation position or the retracted position, the influence of sound and vibration can be reduced.

  Hereinafter, the most effective embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the configuration of a quick return mechanism of a single-lens reflex camera of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the vicinity of the mirror unit of the quick return mechanism of the single-lens reflex camera of the present invention from the rear of the mirror unit. is there. FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram showing the mirror down state of the mechanism of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a state near the center of the operation range of the mechanism of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which showed the mirror-up state of this mechanism.

  In FIG. 1, 1 is a mirror box, 2 is a mirror unit provided in the mirror box 1 so as to be movable between an observation position and a retracted position, and 3 is pivotally supported so that the mirror unit 2 can swing. A hinge shaft fixed to the mirror box 1, 4 is a crank arm that serves to hold the mirror unit 2 provided to be movable between the observation position and the retracted position at the observation position and the retracted position, and 5 is a mirror box. 1 is a gear having a shaft hole that supports the shaft 4a of the crank arm 4 in parallel to the rotation center at a position different from the rotation center. A pinion for driving with the rotational force of 8, 8 is a spring for urging the mirror unit 2 to an equilibrium point which is almost the midpoint between the observation position and the retracted position, and 9 is a position where the mirror unit 2 is brought into contact with the observation position to be positive. Holding the mirror receiving 2b mirror adjustment pin for holding.

  In FIG. 2, reference numeral 2c denotes a long hole provided in the mirror receiver 2b. The mirror driving shaft 4c of the crank arm 4 drives the mirror unit 2 while rotating and sliding in the long hole. Reference numeral 4b denotes an axis positioned coaxially or substantially coaxially with the mirror driving axis 4c of the crank arm 4 for contacting one arm 8a of the spring 8 shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3 shows the state before the start of photographing in which the mirror unit 2 installed in the mirror box 1 is at the finder observation position where the mirror unit 2 is lowered and the spring 8 is urged to the maximum downward.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 2a denotes a finder mirror, which is bonded to the mirror receiver 2b by an adhesive means and can swing up and down 45 ° or more about the hinge shaft 3.

  3, the stopper 10 is made of an elastic material, and the hole 10a is rotatably supported by a shaft 1c installed in the mirror box 1 shown in FIG. 1, and is installed at a position where the gear shaft 5b is not pressed. The impact energy of the crank arm 4 when the shaft 4a of the crank arm 4 collides with the impacted portion 10c is absorbed, and the stopper 10 which has obtained the rotational force receives one of the two sliding portions 10b on the gear shaft 5b. And the rotational energy of the gear 5 is absorbed to prevent reaction due to collision.

  The spring 8 is supported by a shaft 1a installed in the mirror box 1 shown in FIG. 1 and is installed so that the shaft 1b is sandwiched between its two arms 8a and 8b. In this state, the crank arm 4 shown in FIG. As a result, the mirror unit 2 is urged to an equilibrium point that is substantially the midpoint between the observation position and the retracted position.

  The crank arm 4 is rotatably fitted in the shaft hole 5a of the gear 5 where the shaft 4a at one end of the crank arm 4 is stopped, and the other end shaft 4c detailed in FIG. 2 is provided on the mirror receiver 2b. The shaft 4a is fitted to the crank arm 4 in FIG. 3 by being fitted in the hole 2c so as to be slidably rotatable and by pressing the arm 8a of the spring 8 with respect to the shaft 4b from an angle not parallel to the line connecting the shaft 4a and the shaft 4b. A moment in the clockwise direction around the center is generated, and a moment in the counterclockwise direction is generated in the mirror unit 2 when the shaft 4c shown in FIG. 2 presses the left side surface of the elongated hole 2c provided in the mirror receiver 2b. , Abuts on the mirror adjustment pin 9 and is accurately held at the observation position.

At this time, the center of the gear 5 is on a substantially extending shaft that connects the shaft 4a to the shaft 4b of the crank arm 4, and the shaft 4a corresponds to the force received from the crank arm 4 with the shaft 4b, the shaft 4a, and the shaft 5b. However, since it comes into contact with the collision portion 10c of the stopper 10 provided at a position slightly beyond the dead center of the gear 5 that is in a straight line in this order, it can be kept stationary.

  In FIG. 4, when the rotational power obtained from the right rotation of the motor 7 shown in FIG. 1 rotates the gear 5 counterclockwise, the spring 8 installed on the shaft 1a supports the arm 8a of the spring 8 by the shaft 1b. As a result of the reaction, the urging force of the shaft 4b toward the center position of the operation range causes the balance that the mirror unit 2 is held at the observation position is lost, and the mirror arm 2 is moved to the center of the operation range while interlocking with the crank arm 4. After accelerating to the vicinity, the acceleration urging force to the mirror unit 2 by the arm 8a of the spring 8 is disconnected, and the deceleration urging force to the mirror unit 2 by the arm 8b of the spring 8 is substantially simultaneously applied. In addition, the kinetic energy of the mirror unit 2 is maximized. At this time, the rotational force of the gear 5 obtained from the motor 7 shown in FIG. 1 is mainly used for breaking the balance, and thereafter the speed is set so as not to greatly affect the acceleration / deceleration of the mirror unit 2 by the spring 8. It is adjusted by the gear ratio between the gear 5 and the pinion 6 shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the mirror unit 2 has moved to the retracted position, and shows a state in which the kinetic energy of the mirror unit 2 is replaced with the potential energy of the arm 8b of the spring 8 detailed in FIG. In this state, the motor 7 shown in FIG. Thereafter, the shaft 4a of the crank arm 4 comes into contact with the collision portion 10c of the stopper 10 beyond the dead center of the gear 5 in which the shaft 4b, the shaft 5b, and the shaft 4a are in a straight line in this order, and comes to rest. The stopper 10 is made of an elastic member and absorbs the collision energy of the crank arm 4 and also absorbs the rotational energy of the gear 5 to prevent a reaction caused by the collision.

  Although the mirror-up operation state has been described above, the mirror-down operation state is the same except that it is performed by reverse rotation of the motor 7. However, at the end of the mirror down, the crank arm 4 described in detail in FIG. 3 is rotatably fitted in the shaft hole 5a of the gear 5 in which the shaft 4a at one end is stopped, and is described in detail in FIG. The shaft 4b at the end is fitted in a slot 2c provided in the mirror receiver 2b so as to be slidable and rotatable, and the arm 8a of the spring 8 is pushed against the shaft 4b from an angle not parallel to the line connecting the shaft 4a and the shaft 4b. In FIG. 3, a moment in the clockwise direction about the shaft 4a is generated in the crank arm 4 and the shaft 4c shown in FIG. 2 pushes the left side surface of the long hole 2c provided in the mirror receiver 2b. A moment in the left rotation direction is generated in the mirror unit 2 and is restored to the observation position. At the same time, the mirror unit 2 is brought into contact with the mirror adjustment pin 9 to hold the mirror unit 2 at the observation position.

As described above, one shooting operation of the mechanism is triggered by the rotation of the motor 7 shown in FIG. 1, and the mirror unit 2 is accelerated and decelerated by the spring 8 described in detail in FIGS. The operation of abutting and stopping the stopper 10 when the dead center of 5 is exceeded is performed in a reciprocating manner, and most of the energy for moving the mirror unit 2 is obtained from the spring 8, and the mirror unit 2 operates in this manner. Since the kinetic energy is exchanged with the elastic energy of the spring 8 at both ends of the range, as a result, at the start and end of each operation of mirror up and mirror down, it moves at a very low speed and suppresses the generation of sound and vibration. In addition, the positioning with the stopper 10 is facilitated, and the output required for driving the motor 7 shown in FIG. However, it goes without saying that the motor 7 must have an output that allows the mirror unit 2 to move while charging the spring 8 from the vicinity of the equilibrium point of the swing region to the observation position and the retracted position.

  The spring 8 shown in the figure uses one torsion spring, but any form, material, and quantity may be used as long as it is an elastic means that can establish this mechanism. Further, although the pinion 6 is shown for driving the gear 5 by the motor 7, it is needless to say that any method may be used as long as it can rotate the gear 5 arbitrarily. Further, the reciprocation and restraint are substantially performed by the rotation of the shaft 4b gear 5 of the crank arm 4, but the same control may be performed by, for example, a linear motion solenoid, a linear motor, or other means.

It is a perspective view which shows the structure of the quick return mechanism of the single-lens reflex camera of this invention. It is the perspective view which showed the mirror unit vicinity of FIG. 1 from the mirror unit back. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which showed the state of the mirror down of the mechanism of FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which showed the state of the center vicinity of the operation | movement range of the mechanism of FIG. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which showed the state of the mirror up of the mechanism of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mirror box 2 Mirror unit 3 Hinge shaft 4 Crank arm 5 Gear 6 Pinion 7 Motor 8 Spring 9 Mirror adjustment pin 10 Stopper

Claims (3)

  In a quick return mechanism that swings a mirror between an observation position and a retracted position with a finder of a single-lens reflex camera, an equilibrium point is set in the middle of the movable range of the mirror, and an urging force in the retracting direction is applied at the observation position to The mirror unit is provided with elastic means for applying an urging force in the observation direction at a position, and is supplemented by the restoring force of the elastic means from the starting point of the swing region to the equilibrium point by a driving means by a motor, and the equilibrium point A quick-return mechanism for a single-lens reflex camera, which is configured to operate in an operation mode in which restoring force is accumulated from the end point to the end point.   2. The single-lens reflex camera according to claim 1, wherein the oscillating mechanism of the mirror unit is constituted by a rotating mechanism having an eccentric position of a gear interlocked with a motor as an axis and a reciprocating mechanism of a crank arm connected to the rotating mechanism. Quick return mechanism.   The elastic means for biasing at the observation position and the retracted position of the mirror swinging operation area has one end acting at the observation position and the other one acting at the retracted position. The quick return mechanism of the single-lens reflex camera according to claim 1, wherein the quick return mechanism is constituted by a single coil spring.