Tripod head
OwnerPhilippe Vogtinventor
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Abstract
The tripod head contains a cylindrical housing (1), a connecting device (2) which closes the housing (1) off on one side, at least one body (3, 4) which is movably arranged in the housing (1) and at least one fastening device (6, 7) having at least two members (17, 18), each of which is provided with an oblique surface. The members are arranged resting on a base (2, 26) with the oblique surfaces resting on each other and displaceable transverse to each other in order to displace the one member (16, 25) against the body (3, 4) so as to obtain the clamping action. A setting device (19, 28) is provided by which the members (17, 18; 26, 27) are displaceable transverse to each other.
Claims9
A tripod head for receiving an optical instrument, comprising:
- a housing with a first end, a second end, an opening at the first end, and a connecting device at the second end for connection to a tripod;
- a rotation-symmetrical joint body located within the housing and extending at least to some extent out of the housing, the joint body being in the form of an oblate ellipsoid with a major axis, and being rotatable within the housing around an axis which is transverse to the major axis;
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- a clamping mechanism for applying a clamping force to the joint body to secure the joint body in position, the clamping mechanism including a clamping surface which is displaceable toward the joint body in a first direction, sloping surfaces which are in slidable contact with each other, and a setting device for displacing one of the sloping surfaces in a direction which is transverse to the first direction, to thereby displace the clamping surface toward the joint body to obtain the clamping force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.