Combination camera
First Claim
1. A composite camera comprising:
- a camera box attached onto a predetermined position;
a camera body housed in the camera box so that the camera body can turn and swing up and down; and
a hemispherical camera cover covering the camera body and forming an opening from which a lens of the camera body protrudes, wherein the camera cover includes;
a cylindrical portion;
a hemispherical portion;
a reinforcing step portion for connecting the cylindrical portion and the hemispherical portion;
a first tab portion at one end of the opening; and
a second tab portion at another end of the opening, wherein both the first tab portion and the second tab portion are bent inward to form turnups.
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Abstract
An opening formed in a hemispherical portion decreases the rigidity of a camera cover, whereby the camera cover is easy to deform due to the lateral external pressure.
In a composite camera in which a camera body is housed in a camera box (1) attached onto a ceiling or the like through a camera base (2) so that it can turn and swing up and down, and the aforesaid camera body is covered with a hemispherical camera cover (3) having an opening (3f) from which a lens (4) of the camera body protrudes, the camera cover (3) is composed of a cylindrical portion (3a), a hemispherical portion (3b) and a reinforcing step portion (3c) that connects these cylindrical portion (3a) and hemispherical portion (3b), and ring-shaped edges formed at boundaries between the cylindrical portion (3a) and the reinforcing step portion (3c) and between the reinforcing step portion (3c) and the hemispherical portion (3b) improve the lateral rigidity of the camera cover (3). Therefore, the camera cover (3) does not deform due to the lateral external forces, whereby even when the camera body is turned, the camera cover (3) does not interfere with a turn means and the like.
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9 Claims
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1. A composite camera comprising:
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a camera box attached onto a predetermined position;
a camera body housed in the camera box so that the camera body can turn and swing up and down; and
a hemispherical camera cover covering the camera body and forming an opening from which a lens of the camera body protrudes, wherein the camera cover includes;
a cylindrical portion;
a hemispherical portion;
a reinforcing step portion for connecting the cylindrical portion and the hemispherical portion;
a first tab portion at one end of the opening; and
a second tab portion at another end of the opening, wherein both the first tab portion and the second tab portion are bent inward to form turnups. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A composite camera comprising:
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a camera box attached onto a predetermined position;
a camera body housed in the camera box so that the camera body can turn and swing up and down; and
a hemispherical camera cover covering the camera body and forming an opening from which a lens of the camera body protrudes, wherein the camera cover includes;
a cylindrical portion;
a hemispherical portion;
a reinforcing step portion for connecting the cylindrical portion and the hemispherical portion, a first tab portion bent inward to form a reinforcing turnup at one end of the opening; and
a second tab portion bent inward to form a reinforcing turnup at a second end of the opening, wherein the camera cover is formed by integrally molding a metal plate using a metal mold. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A composite camera comprising:
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a camera box attached onto a predetermined position;
a camera body housed in the camera box so that the camera body can turn and swing up and down; and
a hemispherical integrated camera cover covering the camera body and forming an slot from which a lens of the camera body protrudes, wherein the slot is formed in a circular arc encompassing nearly a semi-circle, and further wherein the integrated camera cover includes;
a cylindrical portion;
a hemispherical portion; and
a reinforcing step portion for connecting the cylindrical portion and the hemispherical portion forming the camera cover as a single, continuously integrated piece;
a first inwardly bent tab portion bent at one end of said slot for reinforcing the integrated camera cover; and
a second inwardly bent tab portion at a second end of the slot also for reinforcing the integrated camera cover. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A composite camera comprising:
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a camera box attached onto a predetermined position;
a camera body housed in the camera box so that the camera body can turn and swing up and down; and
a hemispherical camera cover covering the camera body and forming an opening from which a lens of the camera body protrudes, wherein the camera cover includes a first tab bent inward to form a reinforcing turnup at one end of the opening and a second tab bent inward to form a reinforcing turnup at a second end of the opening, and further wherein the camera cover includes;
a cylindrical portion;
a hemispherical portion; and
a reinforcing step portion for connecting the cylindrical portion and the hemispherical portion. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A composite camera comprising:
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a camera box attached onto a predetermined position;
a camera body housed in the camera box so that the camera body can turn and swing up and down; and
a hemispherical camera cover covering the camera body and forming an opening from which a lens of the camera body protrudes, wherein the opening is formed in a circular arc encompassing nearly a semi-circle, and further wherein the camera cover includes;
a first tab bent inward to form a reinforcing turnup at one end of the opening;
a second tab bent inward to form a reinforcing turnup at a second end of the opening;
a cylindrical portion;
a hemispherical portion; and
a reinforcing step portion for connecting the cylindrical portion and the hemispherical portion, wherein the camera cover is formed by integrally molding a metal plate.
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