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Remote viewing apparatus

  • US 4,937,675 A
  • Filed: 03/18/1988
  • Issued: 06/26/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A remotely operable optical viewing apparatus, including a lens having rotatable adjustments, a camera attachable to the lens, and means for directionally supporting and optically adjusting the camera and lens for remote viewing said supporting and adjusting means comprising:

  • a drive housing;

    a tilt platform mounted to the drive housing for rotation about a tilt axis, said tilt platform being tiltable about the tilt axis through a first angle of at least 90 degrees;

    a pan base mounted to the drive housing for rotation about a pan axis perpendicular to the tilt axis, said pan base being rotatable relative to the drive housing about the pan axis through a second angle of at least 350 degrees;

    a plurality of housing drives mounted in the drive housing, including a tilt drive means coupled to the tilt platform for driving the tilt platform through said first angle and a pan drive means coupled to the pan base for driving said pan base through said second angle; and

    a lens support for supporting the lens therein, said lens support being hinged to the tilt platform for rotation of the lens and the camera when attached thereto into and out of an operating position about an axis parallel to the central axis of the lens, said lens support including at least one endless slippable drive coupled to each lens adjustment for rotatably driving the lens adjustment between extreme positions and slipping at said extreme positions so as not to overdrive and damage the lens adjustments.

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