Screen fixing device of projection type television system

• US 5,299,017 A
• Filed: 11/15/1991
• Issued: 03/29/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Pioneer Electronics (USA) Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation)
• Inventors: Furuno, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Coles, Sr., Edward L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Williams, Kimberly A.
• Application Number:
  US07/794,120
• Time in Patent Office: 865 Days
• Field of Search: 358/254, 358/237, 358/247, 358/248, 358/249, 358/229, 353/46, 353/47, 312/7.2, 248/917, 248/918, 248/919
• US Class Current: 348/786
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3147 Multi-projection systems displays in general H04N9/12; video walls G06F3/1446, G09G2300/026
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/918 Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support

Abstract

A screen fixing device of a projection type television system including a projection unit comprises a fixing frame for detachably fixing a screen, the fixing frame being provided with a plurality of through holes each extending laterally of a front opening frame surround a front opening section at which the screen is provided, and a fastening screw penetrating each through hole for fixing the fixing frame to the front opening section of the projection unit. The fixing frame has substantially an L-shaped cross section at least at a portion through which the through hole is formed. Instead of the fixing frame, a fixing block may be used. The fixing device may comprise a plurality of first fixing members for detachably fixing the screen with a space with each other and a plurality of second fixing members for fixing the first fixing members to the front opening section of the projection unit. The first fixing members are formed of a transparent material. Each of the first fixing members and each of the second fixing members are fixed integrally together or formed integrally.

Claims

1. A screen fixing device for projection units of a projection type television system including a plurality of projection units, each of said projection units having a front opening section which constitutes a front portion of a casing and to which a screen is detachably mounted so as to project an image on the screen from a rear side thereof said screen fixing device comprising:

a front opening frame to which the screen is to be fastened, said front opening frame having a portion extending out from a front surface of the screen and surrounding an outer periphery of the screen,

a stopper piece mounted on the front opening frame so as to support the front opening frame from a back side thereof;

a fixing frame for detachably fixing the screen in abutment against a front surface thereof, said fixing frame having substantially an L-shaped cross section having a first contact piece abutting against the front surface of the screen so as to support the screen from a front side thereof and a second contact piece abutting against a side surface of the front opening frame, said second contact piece having a height extending from the front surface of the screen no greater than a height of the front opening frame extending from the front surface of the screen, said fixing frame being provided with a plurality of through holes open to the fixing frame and the front opening frame and each extending laterally thereof so as to abut and fix the second contact piece of the fixing frame and the front opening frame; and

a fastening member extending through each of the through holes for detachably fixing the fixing frame to the front opening frame of the projection unit.

2. A screen fixing device according to claim 1, wherein said second piece comprises a flat piece.

3. A screen fixing device according to claim 1, wherein said fastening member comprises a screw member having a threaded portion and a screw head and wherein each of said through hole is provided with a threaded portion and a portion for accommodating the screw head of the screw member when screwed so that outer surface of the second piece is substantially flush with a top surface of the screw head.

7. A screen fixing device according to claim 1, wherein said projection type television system includes a plurality of projection units arranged in matrix.

4. A screen fixing device for each projection unit of a projection type television system including a plurality of the projection units each having a front opening section in which an image is projected on a screen mounted onto a front opening frame, from a rear side thereof;

comprising;

a front opening frame to which the screen is to be fastened, said front opening frame having a portion extending out from a front surface of the screen and surrounding an outer periphery of the screen

a fixing frame for detachably fixing the screen in abutment against a front surface thereof;

said fixing frame being provided with a plurality of through holes each extending laterally thereof, and

a fastening member extending through each of said through holes for fixing said fixing frame to the front opening frame of the projection unit,

said fixing frame comprising a triangular member in cross section of the corner of the front opening frame and the screen.

5. A screen fixing device according to claim 4, wherein a portion of the fixing frame through which a through hole is formed, comprises a first surface abutting against a front surface of the screen, a second surface abutting against a side surface of a front opening frame of a projection unit and a third surface extended obliquely between the first and second surfaces, said through holes being formed in a longitudinal direction of the fixing frame spaced from each other so as to extend from the third surface to the second surface.

6. A screen fixing device according to claim 4, wherein said fastening member comprises a screw member having a threaded portion and a screw head and wherein each of said through holes is provided with a threaded portion and a portion for accommodating the screw head of the screw member when screwed.

8. A screen fixing device for each projection unit of a projection type television system including a plurality of the projection units each having a front opening section in which an image is projected on a screen comprising:

a front opening frame to which the screen is to be fastened, said front opening frame having a portion extending out from a front surface of the screen and surrounding an outer periphery of the screen

a first fixing member for detachably fixing the screen so as to abut against a side edge of the screen; and

a second fixing member formed with the first fixing member to form a fixing piece for fixing the first fixing member to the front opening frame of the unit,

a side surface of one of said first and second fixing members disposed at the front side edge of the screen to fix the screen in the front opening section of the unit, said first fixing member being formed of a transparent material.

wherein said first fixing member comprises a columnar member having a stepped through hole having two small and large diameter portions, said second fixing member having a portion engaged with the large diameter portion of the through hole of the columnar member and the front opening frame being screwed therein.

9. A screen fixing device according to claim 8, wherein said transparent material of the first fixing member is a transparent ABS resin.

10. A screen fixing device according to claim 8, wherein said first fixing member and said second fixing member are fixed together.

11. A screen fixing device according to claim 8, wherein said columnar member and said second fixing member are connected through a screw engagement.

12. A screen fixing device according to claim 8, wherein said first fixing member and said second fixing member are integrally formed.

13. A screen fixing device according to claim 8, wherein said projection type television system includes a plurality of projection units arranged in matrix.

14. A screen fixing device of every projection unit of a projection type television system including a plurality of projection units each having a front opening section which constitutes a front portion of a casing and to which a screen is detachably mounted so as to project an image on the screen from a rear side thereof, comprising:

a front opening frame to which the screen is to be fastened, said front opening frame having a portion extending out a front surface of the screen and surrounding an outer periphery of the screen,

a stopper piece mounted on the front opening frame so as to support the frame from a back side thereof;

a fixing frame for detachably fixing the screen in abutment against a front surface thereof, said fixing frame having substantially an L-shaped cross section having a first contact piece abutting against the front surface of the screen so as to support the screen from a front side thereof and a second contact piece abutting against a side surface of the front opening frame, said second contact piece having a height standing out the front surface of the screen equal to or smaller than a height extending from the front surface of the screen, said fixing block being provided with a through hole being opened to the second piece of the fixing block and the front opening frame each extending laterally thereof so as to abut and fix the second contact piece of the fixing block and the front opening frame; and

a fastening member penetrating the through hole for detachably fixing the fixing block to the front opening frame of the projection unit.