Rail element for a camera slider rail system
AssigneeSyrp Limited
InventorsChristopher THOMSON, Samuel BLOK, James ALLEN
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Abstract
A rail element (10, 33) for a camera slider system or, more generally, a tube joiner for a rail comprised of an expansion device (23, 30), located internally at an open end (12, 32) of a tubular body (11, 33). The expansion device is configured to fit within a male part or joiner element (16, 31) that may be inserted into the end of the tube (10, 33) and can be actuated to an expanded state where it exerts force radially outwards through the joiner (16, 31) to hold it against the open end (12, 32), thereby joining two tubular or rail element ends together.
Claims23
A rail element for a camera slider system, the rail element comprising:
- a longitudinal body portion;
- an expandable joiner element, located at or proximate to at least one end of the longitudinal body portion wherein the expandable joiner element comprises an expansion device, housed within the body portion, configured to exert force outwardly.
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A tube joiner for joining ends of two tubes, the tube joiner being comprised of:
- an expansion device to be housed internally and proximate to an end of at least one of the tubes, the expansion device having a first, unexpanded, state configured to fit within a male part extending between the two tubes to be joined, and a second, expanded, state when the expansion device is configured to exert force internally against the male part to hold the expansion device against a female part that receives the male part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.