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US 4,645,153 AGranted
Tilt and swivel support
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsRobert H. Granzow, Harold S. Richard, Thomas L. Hermann
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Abstract
A tilt and swivel apparatus supports a structure such as a CRT display device above a stable base. Separate tilt and swivel mechanisms are provided to improve the stability of the apparatus. Stop elements limit the extent of tilting and rotation which is permitted. An internal passage is provided for cable connections to the supported structure.
Claims14
Apparatus for supporting a structure for tilting and rotating motion, comprising:
- first means attachable to said structure and having a convex lower portion and a projection extending downwardly therefrom;
- socket means with respect to which said first means may move in tilting motion, having a concave portion complementary to the concave portion of said first means and being slotted to receive said projection, and also having a peripheral bearing surface;
- second means attached to said projection for maintaining a predetermined frictional relationship between said first and second means and said socket means, and including a clamping means and a plurality of screws extending through the clamping means and threadedly engaging the socket means;
- base means having a base surface and also having a bearing surface for cooperating with the peripheral bearing surface of the socket means for rotational movement;
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- retaining means attached to said socket means for retaining said socket means in said base means.
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Apparatus for supporting a structure for tilting and rotating motion, comprising:
- first means attachable to said structure and having a convex lower portion and a projection extending downwardy therefrom;
- socket means with respect to which said first means may move in tilting motion, having a concave portion complementary to the conex portion of said first means and being slotted to receive said projection, said concave portion including a bearing area which comprising a raised annular portion of said concave portion, and also having a peripheral bearing surface;
- second means attached to said projection for maintaining a predetermined frictional relationship between said first and second means and said socket means;
- base means having a base surface and also having a bearing surface for cooperating with the peripheral bearing surface of the socket means for rotational movement;
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- retaining means attached to said socket means for retaining said socket means in said base means.
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Apparatus for supporting a structure for tilting and rotating motion, comprising:
- first means attachable to said structure and having a generally hemispherical lower portion and a projection extending downwardly therefrom;
- socket means with respect to which said first means may move in tilting motion, having a concave portion with a bearing area thereon for receiving the hemispherical portion of said first means, having a slot therein through which said projection extends, with movement being constrained by the interaction of said projection and said slot, and having a circumferential flanged bearing portion thereon;
- clamping means attached to said projection at its end, and having an upper peripheral surface located so that a portion of said socket means is positioned between said surface and the hemispherical portion of said first means;
- tensioning means for altering the force exerted on the socket means by the first means and the clamping means;
- base means having an upstanding annular portion within which the circumferential flanged bearing portion of the socket means is received for rotational movement, and an annular support means contiguous to the upstanding annual portion for supporting the socket means within the upstanding annular portion;
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- retaining means spaced from and secured to the socket means to receive the annular support means therebetween.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.