Supports – Brackets – Adjustable
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-12
2001-12-11
King, Anita (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Adjustable
C248S324000, C248S543000, C403S027000, C285S090000, C285S185000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06328270
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to mounting accessories commonly used with a television camera or a case for surveillance applications.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Surveillance television cameras are commonly mounted onto a wall, pole, ceiling or other fixed base positions by using an extended arm, known as a camera mount. The extended arm or the camera mount includes a swivel joint, which permits the positioning of the horizontal and vertical axis of the camera in order to direct the camera lens toward its intended observation end. In many cases the television cameras are covered by a housing which is bulky and as a result the entire camera assembly, becomes large and heavy and this is very disturbing to the architecture of buildings and interiors. In all cases the cables or wires connecting the camera or to the camera housing are fed separately through cable inlets or via flexible electrical pipes, which is very disturbing to the interiors or the exteriors of well decorated buildings.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a swivel joint for a television camera that includes a passage for cables or wires connecting the cameras and permitting unobstructed positioning of the horizontal and vertical axes of the cameras for observing different scenes.
This and other objects of the present invention are attained by a swivel joint having a device comprising truncated ball; an arm attached at an end thereof to said truncated ball and having a passage for a cable through the length of said arm and said truncated ball; a ring-shaped holder including an outer thread and an inner curved rim having a curvature radius equal to a radius of said truncated ball for supporting and locking said truncated ball, and means for attaching said ring-shaped holder to a case of an apparatus for surveillance applications and for providing passage for said cable to said case through said ring-shaped holder; an elongated cylindrical cover having a flanged rim at one end thereof and a hemispherical shape at another end thereof and further including an elongated cutout having a width slightly wider than a width of said arm and extending from a center of said hemispherical shape toward said flanged rim for providing a passage to said arm and for gripping said truncated ball inside a hemispherical portion of said hemispherical shape and for providing said arm with positioning capacity extending through a length of said cutout; and a locking nut having a thread complementary to said outer thread and an inner shoulder for attaching and locking said elongated cylindrical cover to said ring-shaped holder by engaging said flanged rim with said inner shoulder and tightening said nut onto said outer thread and locking said truncated ball between said inner curved rim and said hemispherical portion, wherein said cylindrical cover can be rotated for positioning said cutout around the axis of said hemispheric shape and said arm can be adjusted to any position within the length of said cutout and wherein said cable passing through said truncated ball and said holder is not obstructed.
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Elbex Video Ltd.
King Anita
Rosenman & Colin LLP
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