Horizontally supported planar surfaces – Tiltable surfaces – Biased
Patent
1994-05-12
1996-12-31
Cuomo, Peter M.
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
Tiltable surfaces
Biased
114195, A47F 512
Patent
active
055883699
ABSTRACT:
A passive stabilizing platform is provided herein. It includes a base and at least two, but preferably three, vertically-upright hollow legs equi-angularly disposed around the the base. When in use the hollow legs contain a column of liquid therein. Tubes interconnect the hollow legs to allow free unimpeded movement of the water therebetween. A spherical float member is disposed in each of the hollow legs, the float member being movable only vertically upwardly or vertically downwardly within the hollow cylindrical leg within which the spherical float member is disposed, the movement being dependent solely, and in conjunction with, the upper surface of water in the hollow cylindrical leg within which the float member is disposed. A support arm is fixed to each float member and extends upwardly therefrom. The platform is supported by the support arms. A joint is secured between the hollow cylindrical legs and the platform. A depending vertical shaft is rigidly secured to the platform, and a counterweight hangs on the depending vertical shaft below the joint. In this manner, the passive stabilizing platform compensates for the effects of rolls, pitches, yaws, vibrations and accelerations simultaneously, to keep the platform level in the "X" and "Y" axes at all times.
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patent: 1124906 (1915-01-01), Ingeman et al.
patent: 1248797 (1917-12-01), Booth
patent: 2408169 (1946-09-01), Hoffer
Newbury David
Rizkalla Emad
Anderson Gerald A.
Cuomo Peter M.
Zedd Technologies Inc.
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