Turntable and light box for ring photography

• US 10,642,132 B1
• Filed: 04/02/2019
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ortery Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ortery Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Lai, Peng-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): LaBalle, Clayton E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hancock, Dennis
• Application Number:
  US16/372,586
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• Field of Search: 396 4
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 15/02 Illuminating scene
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 15/06 Special arrangements of screening, diffusing, or reflecting devices, e.g. in studio
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 37/00 Panoramic or wide-screen photography; Photographing extended surfaces, e.g. for surveying; Photographing internal surfaces, e.g. of pipe

Abstract

A turntable for ring photography is provided and includes a vacuum pump, a motor with a hollow shaft, an air hose connected between the vacuum pump and the hollow shaft, and a platter with a suction hole airtight communication with the hollow shaft. The suction hole provides a vacuum suction for ring standing when the vacuum pump is turned on. The platter brings the ring to rotate when the motor is turned on. A light box for ring photography is also provided and includes the foregoing turntable and a box. The box includes a base and the base has a top surface and an opening formed on the top surface. The vacuum pump is disposed under the top surface or outside the box. The motor is disposed under the top surface. The platter is embedded in the opening.

Claims

1. A turntable suitable for ring photography, comprising:

a vacuum pump;

a motor, having a hollow shaft;

an air hose, connecting the vacuum pump and the hollow shaft; and

a platter, having a carrying surface, a suction hole airtight communication with the hollow shaft and at least a notch formed on the carrying surface and extending outward from the suction hole, wherein a depth of the notch is smaller or equal to a thickness of the platter, the suction hole provides a vacuum suction to enable the ring to stand on the carrying surface when the vacuum pump is turned on, and the platter brings the ring to rotate when the motor is turned on.

2. The turntable as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an air connector, wherein at least one of the hollow shaft and the vacuum pump connects with the air hose via the air connector.

3. The turntable as claimed in claim 1, wherein a number of the notch is plural, and the notches are symmetrically, radially or asymmetrically arranged around a center of the suction hole.

4. The turntable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platter is made of metals, opaque plastics, translucent plastics, transparent plastics or a combination thereof.

5. The turntable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the platter includes a first platter and a second platter, and the suction hole includes a first suction hole passing through the first platter and a second suction hole passing through the second platter.

6. The turntable as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first platter has an upper side and a tray formed on the upper side, and an inner contour of the tray matches up with an outer contour of the second platter.

7. The turntable as claimed in claim 6, wherein a depth of the tray is larger than a thickness of the second platter.

8. The turntable as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first platter has an upper side and a tray formed on the upper side, the second platter has a lower side and a protrusion formed on the lower side, and an inner contour of the tray matches up with an outer contour of the protrusion.

9. The turntable as claimed in claim 8, wherein a periphery of the second platter is flush with or extending outward from a periphery of the first platter.

10. The turntable as claimed in claim 5, wherein the platter further comprises a sealing unit sealing between or around the first platter and the second platter.

11. The turntable as claimed in claim 5, wherein two opposite ends of at least one of the first suction hole and the second suction hole have different at least one of sizes and shapes in cross-section.

12. The turntable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the suction hole is a round hole, an ellipse hole, an oval hole, an elongated hole, a square hole, a rectangle hole, a diamond hole, a polygon hole, a truncated cone hole, a truncated hemispherical hole or a combination thereof.

13. A light box suitable for ring photography, comprising:

the turntable as claimed in claim 1; and

a box, including a base having a top surface and an opening formed on the top surface, wherein the vacuum pump is disposed under the top surface or outside the box, the motor is disposed under the top surface, and the platter is embedded in the opening.

14. The light box as claimed in claim 13, wherein the carrying surface is flush with or slightly higher than the top surface.

15. The light box as claimed in claim 13, wherein the box further comprises at least one of a back light disposed to a rear side of the base, a front light disposed to a front side of the base, a side light disposed to a side of the base, a top light disposed over the base and a bottom light disposed under the top surface and the carrying surface, and the top surface and the carrying surface are transparent or translucent.

16. The light box as claimed in claim 15, wherein the top surface includes a first top surface adjacent to the back light and a second top surface away from the back light, the platter is located between the first top surface and the second top surface, and the carrying surface is slightly higher than the first top surface and slightly lower than the second top surface.

17. The light box as claimed in claim 13, further comprises a tripod, wherein the tripod is disposed in front of the box for holding a camera.