Ball shaped camera housing with simplified positioning
AssigneeElbex Video Ltd.
InventorDavid Elberbaum
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Abstract
A television camera apparatus for surveillance applications has a housing including a ball-shaped camera case which has a transparent front portion. An inlet for an electrical cable is provided at the rear end of the camera case. The housing has a rear holder which can be attached and tightened to a structural body such as a electrical box mounted to a surface of a wall or a ceiling and a front cover which can be also attached and tightening of the front cover to the rear holder. Each of the rear holder and front cover has a circular cutout with a curved rim. A curvature diameter of the curved rims of the cutouts is equal to the diameter of the ball-shaped camera case which can be locked between the circular cutouts of the rear holder and the front cover.
Claims24
A camera housing system comprising:
- a ball-shaped camera case comprising two bisected ball segments consisting of a front segment and rear segment, and wherein said front segment comprises one of a transparent portion and a semi-transparent portion and said rear segment comprises an inlet for an electrical cable or wires and said one of the transparent portion and said semi-transparent portion is a pane mounted onto said front segment using fasteners that are only accessible from within the inner cavity of said ball-shaped camera case;
- a rear holder having a first circular cutout having a first curved rim;
- means for attaching said rear holder to a structural body;
- a front cover having a second circular cutout having a second curved rim;
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- means for attaching and tightening said front cover to said rear holder;
- wherein a curvature diameter of said first and second curved rims of said first and second cutouts of said rear holder and said front cover, respectively, is equal to a diameter of said ball shaped camera case and wherein said ball-shaped camera case is locked between said first and second cutouts of said rear holder and said front cover or is rotatably adjustable when said tightening is loosened.
A camera housing system comprising:
- a ball-shaped camera case comprising two bisected ball segments consisting of a front segment and rear segment, and wherein said front segment comprises one of a transparent portion and a semi-transparent portion and said rear segment comprises an inlet for an electrical cable or wires;
- a rear holder having a first circular cutout having a first curved rim;
- means for attaching said rear holder to a structural body;
- a front cover having a second circular cutout having a second curved rim;
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- means for attaching and tightening said front cover to said rear holder;
- wherein a curvature diameter of said first and second curved rims of said first and second cutouts of said rear holder and said front cover, respectively, is equal to a diameter of said ball shaped camera case and wherein said ball-shaped camera case is locked between said first and second cutouts of said rear holder and said front cover or is rotatably adjustable when said tightening is loosened;
- wherein said front segment is wholly constructed of one of a transparent material and a semi-transparent material.
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