A base plate is provided with four guide pins and a rotor has four output
pins so that each of four blades is provided with a plurality of slots.
Individual slots provided to the blades are selectively fitted to the
four guide pins and the four output pins so that when the rotor is
reciprocated and rotated, the blades are capable of continuously changing
the size of an aperture by cooperation of their aperture forming edges
while maintaining a regular octagon.