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| Year | Description |
| 2000 | Invention patented by Glenn W. Johnson on August 29th, 2000. Abstract: An aperture and lens mechanism for a camera, includes a rotatably mounted lens barrel supporting a lens and moveable in a direction parallel to the optical axis of the lens in response to rotation; an aperture support mounted for movement parallel to the optical axis of the lens and spring biased into contact with the lens barrel for movement therewith; and an aperture blade defining an aperture, the aperture blade being mounted on the aperture support for movement between a first position where the aperture is centered on the optical axis of the lens and a second position away from the optical axis of the lens. |
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