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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5568548 | Hang-up cup assembly A handset (100) is supported on mounting surface (104) by hang-up cup assembly (102). The hang-up cup assembly (102) includes a hang-up cup (106) and a pedestal (108). The hang-up cup is secured to pedestal by threaded fastener (210) and nut (212).... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5540408 | Drag unit for a tripod head A drag unit of the present invention is provided with a case; a drag disc disposed in the inner portion of this case; a hollow axis supporting these case and drag disc coaxially, a pair of long holes being formed at a side of the axis; a lid of the case; ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5513829 | Cradle support holder A cradle support handler is disclosed herein interfacing between a conventional telescoping lifting device and an automotive component which includes a box-like construction or support having a central opening and outwardly extending arms terminating with... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5509630 | Motor vehicle for the shooting of a film in difficult and hilly ground Motor vehicle of the type currently called "off-road" vehicle capable of receiving a cameraman, a shooting device support and a shooting device, and providing for the support of a movable assembly constituted by the cameraman, shooting device support, and... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5418609 | Apparatus and method for mounting a range finding instrument to a theodolite telescope An apparatus and method for mounting a range finding instrument to a theodolite telescope incorporates the necessary geometry to enable a linear spring assembly to be able to accurately balance the mass of the range finder and theodolite combination rotat... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5246192 | Mounting apparatus for a scanner camera An apparatus for mounting the optical unit of an image forming apparatus so that when the optical unit is removed from its mounting, within the image forming apparatus, for maintenance or the like, it can be easily and accurately reinserted. The mounting ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5241183 | Vertical XY stage A vertical XY stage includes a base, an X-axis slider, a Y-axis slider, and a stage. The X-axis slider is movably mounted on the base. The Y-axis slider is movably mounted on the X-axis slider. Workpieces are arranged on the stage. The Y-axis slider inclu... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5207115 | X-Y drive apparatus An X-Y drive apparatus suitable for use in positioning an electronic component or the like at a desired position, such as a mounting position of a printed circuit board, is provided. Each of X and Y table units includes an elongated housing provided with ... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5197702 | Combined universal head and grip In a combined universal head and grip, the foldable grip and the base of a universal head are common and a tilt driving source and a pan driving source are installed in a body of the grip. The body of the grip has a flat surface which is substantially per... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5154381 | Microphone boom holder Microphone boom holder assembly comprising a short, solid base rod or tube member adapted to be receivingly engaged in a tubular supporting leg of a music stand or an A-frame recording assembly, a top shoulder, a securing member, preferably a rollpin or k... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5149034 | Saddle positioning device for bicycles A saddle positioning device for bicycles comprising a slide member, a slide rack, a plunger pin, and a release lever. The slide member having an upper portion for mounting a saddle is slidable relative to the slide rack. The slide rack is angled obliquely... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5148716 | Plane motion mechanism In a plane motion mechanism, a table is mounted on a top planar surface of a base for movement thereon in plane motion. One end portions of respective first, second and third power transmitting elements adjacent respectively to one ends thereof are wound ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5112012 | Tilting momentum wheel for spacecraft A momentum wheel (14, 142) for compensating for the adverse effects of disturbing torques on stabilized spacecraft is mounted on a base (12, 124) on the spacecraft by three circumferentially spaced supports which include at least two linear actuators (26,... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5042763 | Self-leveling portable camera support apparatus A device for maintaining the line of sight of a camera level comprises a hollow cylindrical standard having a plurality of equal-length rigid rods longitudinally slidably contained within said cylinder. Ball-shaped tips on opposite ends of each rod are he... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4989823 | Shock and vibration isolator A shock and vibrations isolator having a support plate with opposing ferrules slidably mounted on spaced apart guide bars. The guide bars have a slight radius of curvature in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the support plate. The radius of curvature... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4936655 | Alignment fixture for an optical instrument An alignment fixture for an optical instrument such as an optical correlator providing for the adjustment of the alignment of an element thereof, such as a matched filter or multiple matched filter or a multiple holographic lens, along at least two transv... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4919382 | Multi-post yoke gimbal A multi-post gimbal mechanism for imparting motion to an object about a cer of rotation including a frame for supporting the object and a plurality of elongated posts coupled to the frame so as to permit orbital rotation of the frame about each of the co... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4767090 | Tripods Simple, durable tripods for instruments such as those employed by surveyors, cameras, telescopes, laser-based measuring devices, etc. These tripods feature a tripod head which is a single piece of material and pivotable legs with a one-piece foot and a si... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4691610 | Guitar stand with fold-away, substantially concealable legs A guitar stand has a main body or base which forms an interior cavity. An adjustably extendable elongated neck member carrying a 270-degree pivotable yoke, for supporting the neck of a guitar, is mounted into the cavity. The base includes substantially L-... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4691886 | Adjustable display stand A tilt and height adjustable display stand has a display mechanism connected to a base through a series of interconnecting linkage arms. A tilt gas spring and a height gas spring are interconnected within the linkage in such a manner as to offset the weig... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4687165 | Adapter plate assembly for adjustable mounting of objects An adapter plate and two locking discs are together affixed to an optic table with machine screws or bolts threaded into a fixed array of internally threaded holes provided in the table surface. The adapter plate preferably has two, and preferably paralle... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4651589 | Polyarticulated retractile mechanism The invention provides a retractile polyarticulated mechanism comprising at least one elementary mechanism (4) formed of two endmost pieces (5, 6) one of which is a reference and, for connecting these endmost pieces (5, 6) together at least three legs (7,... | 03/24/1987 |
| 4648698 | Tripod for camera A tripod for a camera which comprises a left leg, a right leg and a center leg which are connected so as to extend adjacently in parallel with each other in the same plane when they are not used, said left leg and said right leg being pivotably connected,... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4616218 | Adjustable CRT display A CRT data display comprises a display head of significant weight which may be moved vertically with the aid of constant force springs and which may be tilted to adjust the position of the CRT for operator comfort. The display may be rotated about a verti... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4613105 | Device for aligning optical components The present invention concerns a device for aligning two optical components. This device comprises a frame composed of a first base plate having two branches which are essentially parallel to each other and a second base plate which also has two branches ... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4605188 | Apparatus for seating a terminal or similar office equipment Apparatus for mounting a computer terminal or word processor so that it can be vertically adjusted and/or angularly adjusted comprising an upper cap piece into which the terminal is received and which has a threaded stud mounted therein and a lower base m... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4603826 | Means for adjusting a sighting instrument in relation to a support An adjustment means for adjusting a sighting instrument in relation to a supporting means comprises a pair of supporting members supporting said sighting instrument at longitudinally spaced supporting points, and adjustable connecting means connecting eac... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4601452 | Laser diode mounting system A mounting system for a laser diode enables adjustment of the location of the diode and of the direction of the diode's beam. Fine adjustments may be made of the location of the diode in side-to-side, up-and-down, and forward-and-back directions as well a... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4562978 | Adjustable mounting tray for aircraft inertial reference units and the like An adjustable mounting tray for installation of an aircraft gyroscopic and/or inertial reference apparatus, comprises, a baseplate member mounted so that it is substantially level in roll and pitch on the equipment shelf or rack of a levelled aircraft. A ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4378709 | Friction drive for positioning table A friction drive for a positioning table employs a friction drive bar centered along the axis of the positioning table and coupled to the positioning table through a flexure member which allows lateral translation of the friction drive bar with respect to... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4339101 | Device for displacing a member, primarily a stage for optical instruments, in arbitrary directions in one and the same plane A device for displacing a member, primarily a stage for optical instruments, in arbitrary directions in one and the same plane. The member is basically square, and its respective corners are connected to the middle of each side of a surrounding square fra... | 07/13/1982 |
| 4328713 | Controlling translation A completely mechanically operated microscope bridge includes rapid rough positioning, fine positioning, coarse focusing and fine focusing with an automatic locking system locking the microscope at the position set by the operator whether power is on or o... | 05/11/1982 |
| 4307941 | Adjustable objective holder The adjustable objective holder for optical projectors has a focussing support formed as a single piece defining two pairs of juxtaposed walls forming a parallelogram. The walls of one pair are rigid whereas the walls in the other pair are flexible. One r... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4305209 | Adaptor An adaptor for mounting one instrument, such as an electronic distance measuring device, atop another instrument, such as a telescope or theodolite, for movement together about a horizontal axis with a base member attached to the upper device and presenti... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4135668 | Soaker hose support A support assembly for a flat soaker hose comprising a spike insertable into the ground, said spike including mounting provisions at the top end thereof for receiving a clamp assembly at various angular dispositions. The clamp assembly is conformed to pro... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4114839 | Aerial photography camera mount assembly An assembly for mounting, supporting and releasably holding a vertically positioned aerial photography camera, and an angularly adjustable obliquely positioned aerial photography camera, in an aircraft having a downwardly and outwardly opening ramp to whi... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4103852 | Adjustable instrument mounting bracket Relates to an adjustable mounting bracket for instruments such as the conventional dial and air probe indicators and the like. The base portion of the instrument supporting bracket is formed from a one-piece flat strip metal stock cold worked into channel... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4097883 | Camera grip The grip part proper is angularly adjustably connected to a head carrying the camera whereby the grip axis and the axis of rotation are inclined to each other and the latter is inclined to the center axis of the head. The correspondingly oblique interface... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4088291 | Rotary leveling base platform A leveling apparatus for the precise level adjustment of a scientific instrument. A base member is provided having a hollow cylindrical shape. A table for supporting the instrument rests on the base and has a shaft portion extending below the table. The u... | 05/09/1978 |
| 3947144 | Counterweighted mechanical boom An articulated swivelling boom combination adapted to carry on one of its extremities a device, such as a camera, which it is desired to be able to move about smoothly in any direction of 360° in a given plane within a predetermined area. The combinatio... | 03/30/1976 |
