| 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 |

| 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.
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