US 7,344,321 B2
Shutter device and image-capturing apparatus
Kazuyuki Nakagawa, Yokohama (Japan)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/235,880.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-286778 (JP), filed on Sep. 30, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0067674 A1, Mar. 30, 2006
Int. Cl. G03B 9/00 (2006.01); G03B 9/08 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 396—443  [396/466] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shutter device comprising:
a first light-blocking unit that is movable between a charged position for closing a shutter aperture portion and a position for opening the shutter aperture portion;
a second light-blocking unit that is movable between a charged position for opening the shutter aperture portion and a position for closing the shutter aperture portion;
a charging member which charges the first and second light-blocking units and is movable at least between a first position in which the charging member maintains a charged state of the first light-blocking unit and a charged state of the second light-blocking unit and a second position in which the first and second light-blocking units are movable;
electromagnetic circuits to which the first and second light-blocking units are attachable so as to electrically support the first light-blocking unit in the charged state and the second light-blocking unit in the charged state, the electromagnetic circuits sequentially releasing the attached first and second light-blocking units so as to sequentially allow the first and second light-blocking units to move; and
a supporting member which protrudes into or recedes from a movement path of the second light-blocking unit in response to a movement of the charging member, the supporting member protruding into the movement path of the second light-blocking unit so as to maintain the second light-blocking unit in a state in which the shutter aperture portion is open.