Inclination Adjusting Device

• US 20090250578A1
• Filed: 02/25/2009
• Published: 10/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Franco Stacchiotti
• Original Assignee: Franco Stacchiotti
• Inventors: Stacchiotti, Franco
• Granted Patent: US 7,850,135 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/284.100
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2064 for tilting and panning F16M11/2078 takes precedence

Abstract

Device for adjusting and controlling the inclination of an object with respect to a given support, comprising at least one plate pivotally connected to a base through at least one arm which is pivoted at said base and coupled, at the end opposite that connected to said plate, to inclination adjusting means; said inclination adjusting means comprise a pin which is movable along a plane perpendicular to the oscillation plane of said arm and along a direction perpendicular to the direction of said pivot, said pin being provided with suitable guide means and drive means and being coupled to the free end of said arm through suitable means.

Claims

1. Device for adjusting and controlling the inclination of an object with respect to a given support, comprising at least one plate pivotally connected to a base through at least one arm which is pivoted at said base and coupled, at the end opposite to that connected to the said plate, to inclination adjusting means, characterized in that said inclination adjusting means comprise a pin which is movable along a plane perpendicular to the oscillation plane of said arm and along a direction perpendicular to the direction of said pivot, said pin being provided with suitable guide means and drive means and being coupled to the free end of said arm through suitable means.

2. Device according to claim 1, wherein said drive means comprise a female thread integral to said pin, the axis thereof being perpendicular to said pin, said female thread being coupled to a threaded rod which is properly supported in said base and provided with handling means.

3. Device according to claim 2, wherein said female thread is formed in the body of the pin.

4. Device according to claim 2, wherein said handling means comprise at least one knob fitted to an end of said threaded rod and manually operable.

5. Device according to claim 2, in which the said handling means are provided with locking means for preventing the movement of the said threaded rod.

6. Device according to claim 1, wherein said guide means comprise a slot arranged in a plane parallel to the oscillation plane of said arm and oriented perpendicularly to said pivot.

7. Device according to claim 1, wherein the coupling means between said pin and the free end of said arm comprise a U-shaped slit cooperating with the end of said pin and oriented along the vertical axis of said arm.

8. Device according to claim 1, wherein the coupling means between said pin and the free end of said arm comprise a U-shaped slit cooperating with the end of said pin and oriented with a slight inclination in respect of the vertical axis of said arm.

9. Device according to claim 1, wherein said device comprises at least one bracket, whose upright arms are both pivoted at said base and whose middle plane forms said plate.

10. Device according to claim 8, wherein said pin is coupled to the free ends of both upright arms of said bracket.

11. Device according to claim 1, wherein the said plate is provided with connecting means with the said support, the said support being provided with means for locking the said connecting means.

12. Device according to the claim 11, in which the said connecting means comprise a plug projecting axially from the said plate, the said support being provided with a locking member comprising an axial cavity for the insertion of the said plug, the said cavity being provided with means for cooperating with the said plug.

13. Device according to claim 1, wherein said device comprises a further plate pivotally connected to the base itself, said further plate being arranged diametrically opposite said at least one plate and being pivoted with respect to a plane orthogonal to the plane of said at least one plate, said further plate being provided with the same inclination adjusting and controlling means.