Television camera apparatus for watching outdoors

• US 4,750,011 A
• Filed: 04/08/1986
• Issued: 06/07/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kajiura, Tetsuro, Nakasato, Kunio, Sakai, Katsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): GRIFFIN, DONALD
• Application Number:
  US06/849,308
• Time in Patent Office: 791 Days
• Field of Search: 358/100, 358/108, 354/76, 354/81, 354/293
• US Class Current: 396/427
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details

Abstract

There is disclosed herein an attachment device for a camera unit adapted for viewing or shooting a scene from one side of a camera attachment plate, that is on the other side of the plate. The camera attachment unit includes the camera attachment plate provided with a through-hole, a camera lens body tube introduced into said through-hole, a positioning member provided to the forward or foremost part of the camera lens body tube, and a camera part to which the body tube is affixed. The camera part has a pair of pivot arms pivotally mounted on its surface facing the attachment plate. One of the pivot arms is pivotally mounted at its bottom or back end to the camera part, while the other pivot arm is slidably mounted at its bottom or back end along a guide groove on the surface of the camera part facing the camera attachment plate. The forward or foremost parts of these pivot arms are provided with cushioning members for cushioning against the camera attachment plate. The camera part is provided with an operating member for retracting or extending the pivot arms. The camera lens body tube is inserted into and disposed within the through-hole in the camera attachment plate for clamping the camera attachment plate between the positioning member at the forward or foremost part of the camera lens body tube and the pivot arms.

Claims

1. A doorscope camera for attachment to a camera attachment plate having a through-hole including:

a camera lens body tube part positioned in said through-hole;

a positioning member provided at the foremost part of the camera lens body tube part;

a camera part attached to the camera lens body tube part;

a pair of retractable and extendible pivot arms for engaging the surface of the camera attachment plate facing the camera part; and

an operating member associated with said camera part for retracting or extending said pivot arms;

whereby

said camera lens body tube member is installed into and held in said through-hole in said camera attachment plate so that the camera attachment plate is clamped between the positioning member at the foremost part of the camera lens body tube part and the pivot arm.

2. A doorscope camera according to claim 1, wherein one of the pivot arms is pivotally mounted at the bottom thereof to the camera part and the other of the pivot arms is pivotally mounted at the bottom part thereof for sliding along a guide groove on the surface of the camera part facing said camera attachment plate.

3. A doorscope camera according to claim 2, wherein means are provided on the foremost part of the pivot arms for cushioning against the camera attachment plate.

4. A doorscope camera according to claim 1, further comprising means for refracting incident light on said camera lens body tube, and a housing for holding said camera part substantially at right angles with said camera lens body tube.

5. A doorscope camera according to claim 1, further comprising a protection ring surrounding the foremost part of said positioning member and disposed between the outside of said camera attachment plate and the flange side of the foremost part.

6. A doorscope camera according to claim 5, wherein said protection ring is mounted for rotation about said positioning member.

7. A doorscope camera comprising:

a camera attachment plate provided with a through-opening;

a camera lens body tube part introduced into said through-opening;

a positioning member provided to the foremost part of the camera lens body tube part;

a camera part to which the camera lens body tube part is mounted;

means for refracting the light incident on said camera lens body tube part;

a housing for holding the head of the camera part substantially at right angles with respect to the camera lens body tube part; and

means provided on said housing for holding and locking said camera part.

8. A camera attachment unit for attachment to a camera attachment plate provided with a through-hole including:

a camera lens body tube part introduced into said through-hole;

a positioning member provided to the foremost part of the camera lens body tube;

a camera part to which the camera lens body tube is attached;

a pair of pivot arms pivotally connected to the surface of the camera part facing the camera attachment plate for pivoting between a retracted position and an extended position;

one of said pivot arms being rotatably mounted at the bottom thereof to said camera part and the other pivot arm being slidably mounted in a guide groove on the surface of said camera part facing said camera attachment plate, said pivot arms carrying means for cushioning against said camera mounting plate; and

means provided to said camera part for operating said pivot arms in a retracted or extended direction;

whereby

said camera lens body tube part is introduced into and disposed within said through-hole in said camera attachment plate, and said attachment plate is clamped between said positioning member at the foremost part of the camera lens body tube and said pivot arms.