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US 7,396,137 B2Granted
Projector
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSeon-woo Lim
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Abstract
A projector including a main body and a height adjuster in a bottom of the main body. The height adjuster includes a guide housing connected to the bottom of the main body; a front leg slidably accommodated in the guide housing; a spring between the guide housing and the front leg and providing elasticity to support a weight of the main body; and a stopper to prevent the front leg from separating from the guide housing.
Claims23
A projector, comprising:
- a projector main body;
- a height adjuster provided in a bottom of the projector main body, comprising:
- a guide housing connected to the bottom of the projector main body,
- a front leg slidably accommodated in the guide housing,
- an elastic member provided between the guide housing and the front leg and providing elasticity to support a weight of the projector main body, and
- a stopper to prevent the front leg from separating from the guide housing;
- and
- a through hole formed in the front leg in a horizontal direction at a part of the front leg which is exposed to an outside from the guide housing.
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A projector, comprising:
- a projector main body;
- a height adjuster provided in a bottom of the projector main body, comprising:
- a guide housing connected to the bottom of the projector main body,
- a front leg slidably accommodated in the guide housing,
- an elastic member provided between the guide housing and the front leg and providing elasticity to support a weight of the projector main body;
- a stopper to prevent the front leg from separating from the guide housing;
- a guide rail on an inside wall of the guide housing;
- a slider on the front leg and slidably engaged with the guide rail;
- a through hole formed in the front leg in a horizontal direction at a part of the front leg which is exposed to an outside from the guide housing;
- and
- a leg reinforcing shaft rotatably inserted in the through hole.
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A projector,comprising:
- a projector main body;
- and
- a height adjuster provided in a bottom of the projector main body, comprising:
- a guide housing connected to the bottom of the projector main body,
- a front leg slidably accommodated in the guide housing,
- an elastic member provided between the guide housing and the front leg and providing elasticity to support a weight of the projector main body, and
- a stopper to prevent the front leg from separating from the guide housing,
- wherein the guide housing comprises a wall and the stopper comprises:
- a guide slot formed in the wall of the guide housing, and
- a screw connected to the front leg via the guide slot and wherein the elastic member comprises a flat spring which is provided between the front leg and the guide housing and has a first end coupled to the guide housing and a second end elastically rolled and released above the front leg and accommodated in the guide housing.
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A projector, comprising:
- a projector main body;
- a height adjuster provided in a bottom of the projector main body, comprising:
- a guide housing connected to the bottom of the projector main body,
- a front leg slidably accommodated in the guide housing,
- an elastic member provided between the guide housing and the front leg and providing elasticity to support a weight of the projector main body, and
- a stopper to prevent the front leg from separating from the guide housing.
- a guide rail on an inside wall of the guide housing;
- a slider on the front leg and slidably engaged with the guide rail;
- and
- an elastic member coupling unit on the inside wall of the guide housing and coupled to the elastic member,
- wherein the elastic member comprises:
- a clip coupled to the elastic member coupling unit;
- and
- a rolling part accommodated in the guide housing.
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A projection apparatus, comprising:
- a main body to project an image;
- an adjuster to slide relative to the main body to thereby adjust a height of the main body,
- wherein the adjuster comprises:
- a housing in the main body,
- a leg slidably accommodated in the housing to contact a surface to support the apparatus, and
- an elastic member between the leg and the housing, an elasticity of the elastic member to counterbalance a weight of the main body;
- and
- a through hole formed in the leg in a horizontal direction at a part of the leg which is exposed to an outside from the housing.
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A projector, comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a height adjuster, comprising:
- a slide unit slidably accommodated in the main body, and
- an elastic member between the slide unit and the main body, an elasticity of the elastic member to counterbalance a weight of the main body,
- a height of the main body being adjusted by sliding the slide unit relative to the main body,
- wherein the elastic member comprises a flat spring which has an end that elastically rolls according to the weight of the main body.
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A method comprising:
- providing an apparatus to project an image, comprising a main body and a height adjuster, the height adjuster comprising a leg within a guide housing;
- supporting the apparatus, comprising contacting the height adjuster with a support surface;
- adjusting a height of the main body relative to the support surface, comprising moving the leg within the guide housing while maintaining the contact of the height adjuster with the support surface;
- and
- counterbalancing a weight of the main body using an elasticity of an elastic member,
- wherein the elastic member comprises a flat spring which has an end that elastically rolls according to the weight of the main body.
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A projector, comprising:
- a main body;
- a height adjuster, comprising a housing and a leg inside the housing;
- and
- an elastic member between the leg and the housing,
- the height adjuster to adjust a height of the main body while an elasticity of the elastic member counterbalances a weight of the main body,
- wherein the elastic member comprises a flat spring which has an end that elastically rolls according to the weight of the main body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.