Support

• US 5,201,234 A
• Filed: 01/06/1992
• Issued: 04/13/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Delma Elektro- Und Medizinische Apparatebau Gesellschaft MbH
• Original Assignee: Delma Elektro- Und Medizinische Apparatebau Gesellschaft MbH
• Inventors: Gull, Kurt
• Primary Examiner(s): Herrmann, Allan D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LAUB, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US07/817,178
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 74/89.14, 74/89.15, 74/96, 74/98, 74/105, 74/424.8 R, 414/680, 414/917
• US Class Current: 74/89.23
• 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 11/2092 comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/044 for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/063 Parallelogram arms
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 414/13 Handlers utilizing parallel links
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18576 including screw and nut
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/1888 Geared connections
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18944 Link connections

Abstract

A support for holding and adjusting the vertical position of medical apparatus comprises a bearing housing (10), a pivot arm (11) which is preferably vertically pivotally hinged on the bearing housing (10) and is formed to carry an electromedical apparatus, and a motor (12) for the vertical pivoting of the pivot arm (11) which is arranged on the bearing housing (10), wherein a force transmitting device (13, 14, 15, 25) is provided between the motor (12) and the pivot arm (11) which converts the rotary movement of the motor (10) into a pivotal movement of the pivot arm (11).

Claims

1. Support comprising:

a bearing housing (10),

a pivot arm (11) vertically pivotally hinged on the bearing housing (10) and formed to carry a load,

a motor (12) for vertical pivoting of the pivot arm (11) arranged on the bearing housing (10),

a force transmitting device (13, 14, 15,

     25) positioned between the motor (12) and the pivot arm (11) which converts a rotary movement of the motor (10) into a pivotal movement of the pivot arm (11), and

means for rotatably mounting the bearing housing (10) to a fixed support element (20).

2. Support in accordance with claim 1, wherein the force transmitting device has a lever part (25) which extends substantially approximately perpendicular to the pivot arm (11), with a drawing device (14, 15) acting on the lever arm and being so coupled to the motor (12) via a transmission (13) that the rotary movement of the motor (12) is converted into a pivotal movement of the lever part (25).

3. Support in accordance with claim 2, wherein the spacing (R) between the effective pivot point of the pivot arm (11) and the point of action of the drawing device (14, 15) on the lever part (25) only amounts to a fraction of the length of the pivot arm (11).

4. Support in accordance with claim 2, wherein the lever part is formed as a lever lug (25) firmly connected to the pivot arm (11), with the lug extending substantially perpendicular to the pivot arm (11).

5. Support in accordance with claim 2, wherein the tension device has a threaded spindle (15) which can be driven from the motor (12) to execute a rotary movement, with the threaded spindle being so coupled to a draw linkage (14) which acts on the lever part (25) that the rotary movement of the threaded spindle is converted into a linear movement of the draw linkage (14), with a pivot bearing (30) being provided which permits a pivot movement of the draw linkage (14) relative to the bearing housing (10).

6. Support in accordance with claim 1, wherein the motor (12) is pivotally arranged on the bearing housing (10) so that the motor force transmitted by means of a threaded spindle (15) acts axially on the draw linkage (14) independently of the pivot position of the pivot arm (11).

7. Support in accordance with claim 6, wherein the threaded spindle (15) which is axially aligned with a draw linkage (14) forms an output drive member of a transmission (13) energized by the motor.

8. Support in accordance with claim 7, wherein the transmission (13) is a worm transmission.

9. Support in accordance with claim 6, wherein the motor (12) is so pivotally arranged on the bearing housing (10) that the threaded spindle (15) and a draw linkage (14) which is axially aligned relative thereto extends substantially parallel to the pivot arm (11) when the pivot arm (11) is located at the center of its pivot range.

10. Support in accordance with claim 5, wherein the draw linkage (14) has two draw bars (34) arranged parallel to and spaced from one another which are coupled at their one ends via a mounting block (35) with the threaded spindle (15) and are respectively hinged at their other ends to respective lever lugs (25) which are fixedly connected to the pivot arm (11).

11. Support in accordance with claim 1, wherein the pivot arm (11) has an upper part (16) and a lower part (17) arranged parallel thereto and carrying a lever part (25), with both the upper and also the lower parts (16 and 17 respectively) being pivotally connected at one end to the bearing housing (10) and at the other end to a load housing (18) in such a way that a parallelogram linkage is formed by means of which the load housing (18) is horizontally aligned in an orientation independent of the respective pivotal position of the pivot arm (11).

12. Support comprising:

a bearing housing (10);

a pivot arm (11) vertically pivotally hinged on the bearing housing (10) and formed to carry a load;

a motor (12) for vertical pivoting of the pivot arm (11) which is arranged on the bearing housing (10);

a force transmitting device (13, 14, 15,

     25) provided between the motor (12) and the pivot arm (11) which converts a rotary movement of the motor (10) into a pivotal movement of the pivot arm (11); and

tension springs arranged between the bearing housing (10) and the pivot arm (11).

13. Support in accordance with claim 12, wherein the tension springs (39) are hinged at an end associated with the pivot arm (11) to lever lugs (25) secured to pivot arm 11.

14. Support in accordance with claim 12, wherein the tension springs are formed as gas tension springs (39).

15. Support comprising:

a bearing housing;

a pivot arm vertically pivotally hinged on the bearing housing and formed to carry a load;

a motor vertically pivotally hinged to the bearing housing and having a threaded spindle extending from the motor;

a spindle nut threadably coupled to the threaded spindle; and

a draw linkage rigidly connected to the spindle nut and pivotally connected to the pivot arm, so that rotary motion of the threaded spindle produces vertical pivoting of the pivot arm and the motor.