US 5,537,127 AGranted

Image monitor system console

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorMasaharu Jingu

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Abstract

An image monitor system console includes upper and lower stage monitor units accommodated within a console body and arranged in a vertical state, the monitor units being connected to each other to be relatively tiltable and each of the monitor units including a multiple monitors for displaying images and an inclination angle changing assembly being operatively connected to the monitor units for changing vertical inclination angles of the monitor units in a direction towards observers sitting and/or standing in front of the system console. The inclination angle changing assembly includes a tilting mechanism for changing inclination angles of the monitor units and an operating mechanism for operating the tilting mechanism. In one aspect, only the upper monitor unit is tiltable with respect to the observers to an angle within an arrowable range for observation. In another aspect, the monitor units are together moved vertically along rails while changing the inclination angles with respect to the observers.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An image monitor system console comprising:

a base;
a console body mounted on said base and provided with an outer frame;
a plurality of monitor units accommodated within said console body and arranged in a plurality of vertical stages, said monitor units being connected to one another to be relatively tiltable and each of said monitor units including a plurality of monitors for displaying images;
height adjusting means provided for said base of said system console to integrally adjust a vertical height of said monitor units in a direction toward an observer positioned in front of said system console;
and
inclination angle changing means operatively connected to the monitor units for changing a vertical inclination angle of the monitor units, said inclination angle changing means comprising a tilting mechanism for tilting an uppermost monitor unit and an operating mechanism for operating the tilting mechanism, said tilting mechanism being disposed between the uppermost monitor unit and a lower monitor unit disposed below the uppermost monitor unit and comprising a gas spring means extendable and contractible in accordance with an operation of said operating mechanism to change the inclination angle of the uppermost monitor unit with respect to the lower monitor unit and a locking means for locking the inclination of the uppermost monitor unit,
wherein said plurality of monitor units are adjusted by said tilting mechanism to change a vertical inclination angle of the monitor units in a direction toward an observer positioned in front of the system console for monitoring the display means so as to change at least an inclination angle of the uppermost monitor unit having a display surface and being tiltably supported by the console body at a portion near the display surface.

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An image monitor system console comprising:

a base;
a console body mounted on said base and provided with an outer frame;
a plurality of monitor units accommodated within said console body and arranged in a plurality of vertical stages, said monitor units being connected to one another so as to change an inclination angle of at least a lowermost monitor unit, each of said monitor units including a plurality of monitors for displaying images;
height adjusting means provided for said base of said system console to integrally adjust a vertical height of said monitor units in a direction it toward an observer positioned in front of said system console;
and
inclination angle limiting means for limiting inclination angles of said monitor units, said inclination angle limiting means comprising means for supporting at least the lowermost monitor unit so as to direct it upward with respect to a horizontal plane at a time when the monitor units are adjusted to a down position by said height adjusting means and comprising means for supporting both upper and lower monitor units so as to direct them substantially in a forward direction with respect to the horizontal plane at a time when the monitor units are adjusted to an up position by said height adjusting means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.