CN220727815U - Tripod - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a tripod, which comprises three foot tubes, wherein the three foot tubes are hinged on a hinge piece, the three foot tubes are outwards rotated and unfolded around a hinge point to form the tripod, the three foot tubes are inwards rotated and folded around the hinge point, the three foot tubes are fan-shaped tubes with internal angles of 120 degrees, and the three foot tubes are distributed around the axis of the hinge piece at 120 degrees. According to the tripod, the foot tubes of the tripod are arranged into the sector foot tubes with the inner angles of 120 degrees, so that after the three foot tubes are rotated inwards around the hinging point and folded, the inner angles of the three foot tubes are exactly and perfectly attached to each other, the storage volume of the tripod is greatly reduced, and the stability of the tripod is ensured.

Description

Tripod

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of shooting auxiliary equipment, in particular to a tripod.

Background

Tripod, a device often used in photography and video shooting, is a support frame for stabilizing a camera.

Conventional tripod has a negative effect on the storage volume and stability due to the limitation of the shape of the leg tube.

Disclosure of Invention

(one) solving the technical problems

The utility model solves the main problems of balancing the storage volume and stability of the tripod, and realizing the maximization of stability and the minimization of storage volume.

(II) technical scheme

In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the tripod comprises three foot tubes and a hinge piece, wherein the three foot tubes are hinged to the hinge piece, the three foot tubes are outwards rotated and unfolded around a hinge point to form the tripod, the three foot tubes are inwards rotated and folded around the hinge point, the three foot tubes are fan-shaped tubes with internal angles of 120 degrees, and the three foot tubes are distributed around the axis of the hinge piece at 120 degrees.

In one possible implementation, the fan-shaped tube is a telescopic fan-shaped tube.

In one possible implementation, a cam trigger lock assembly is provided on each telescopic joint of the telescopic fan-shaped pipe.

In a possible implementation manner, the cam plate lock assembly comprises a cam plate lock and a locking sleeve, the locking sleeve is arranged at the bottom end of the outer fan-shaped pipe, the cam plate lock comprises an integrated lock sleeve, a cam plate buckle and a pull rod, the opening ends of the integrated lock sleeve are oppositely and respectively extended to form an ear, a pair of ears are oppositely arranged, shaft holes are formed in the ears, the pull rod penetrates through the shaft holes and abuts against the ears, the top of the pull rod is rotationally connected with the cam plate buckle so as to rotate through the cam plate buckle, the pull rod pulls the ears abutted against the pull rod, so that the ears are clamped in opposite directions, and the locking fixation of the connecting parts of the telescopic pipes of the telescopic fan-shaped pipe is realized through the cooperation of the cam plate lock and the locking sleeve.

In one possible implementation, the tripod top is further provided with a leveler.

In one possible implementation manner, the leveler comprises a spherical base, an inner hemisphere, a coupling nut, an uploading table and a spherical locking ring, wherein the inner hemisphere comprises a spherical disc and a shaft rod connected to the center of the spherical disc, the spherical disc is arranged in the spherical base and is attached to the inner face of the top of the spherical base, the lower end face of the spherical locking ring is attached to the upper end face of the spherical base, the spherical locking ring is integrally embedded into the uploading table, and the shaft rod penetrates through the spherical locking ring and the uploading table to be fixed with the coupling nut, so that the inner hemisphere, the uploading table and the spherical locking ring are connected to form a space spherical gap, and the spherical locking ring can be attached to the inner and outer spherical surfaces of the spherical base to rotate to complete the adjustment of the horizontal plane.

In one possible implementation manner, the spherical locking ring comprises a binding ring, opposite extending parts which extend outwards are respectively arranged at the open end edges of the binding ring, opposite screw holes are arranged on the extending parts, and locking screws penetrate through the screw holes so as to control the extending parts to be relatively close together through the locking screws, change the spherical curvature, and shrink the space gap formed between the spherical surface of the binding ring and the upper surface of the inner hemisphere, so that locking is realized.

In one possible implementation manner, the upper surface of the spherical base is a convex spherical surface, and the lower end surface of the spherical locking ring is correspondingly arranged to be a concave spherical surface, so that reverse acting force is applied through mutual extrusion of contact surfaces in the locking process of the spherical locking ring.

In one possible implementation manner, the top ends of the three foot pipes are sleeved with connecting pieces, through holes are formed in the connecting pieces and the hinging pieces, and the connecting pieces and the hinging pieces penetrate through the through holes respectively to rotate and hinge.

In one possible implementation manner, a clamping groove is arranged on the outer side of the through hole, and clamping blocks matched with the clamping grooves to realize clamping are arranged on the tops of the three foot tubes.

(III) beneficial effects

Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides the tripod which has the following beneficial effects:

the tripod comprises three foot pipes which are hinged on a hinge piece, the three foot pipes are outwards rotated and unfolded around a hinge point to form the tripod, the three foot pipes are inwards rotated and folded around the hinge point, the three foot pipes are fan-shaped pipes with internal angles of 120 degrees, and the three foot pipes are distributed around the axis of the hinge piece at 120 degrees. According to the tripod, the foot tubes of the tripod are arranged into the sector foot tubes with the inner angles of 120 degrees, so that after the three foot tubes are rotated inwards around the hinging point and folded, the inner angles of the three foot tubes are exactly and perfectly attached to each other, the storage volume of the tripod is greatly reduced, and the stability of the tripod is ensured.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a tripod according to a first embodiment of the present utility model in a stowed condition;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a tripod according to a first embodiment of the present utility model in a disassembled state;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the tripod according to the first embodiment of the present utility model in its unfolded state;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a tripod according to a second embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a tripod according to a second embodiment of the present utility model in an unfolded state;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a foot tube disassembled state according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a cam buckle lock in an exploded state according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a leveler in an disassembled state;

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a leveler in accordance with an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a leveler according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the inner hemisphere structure of an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing a disassembled state of the spherical locking ring according to the embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a spherical locking ring according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 14 is a schematic view of a spherical base structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Reference numerals:

1. a hinge; 2. foot tubes; 21. a cam plate latch assembly; 211. a first outer fan-shaped tube; 212. a second inner fan-shaped tube; 213. a third inner fan-shaped tube; 214. a fourth inner fan-shaped tube; 215. a locking sleeve; 216. cam pulling lock; 2161. an integrated lock sleeve; 2162. cam spanner buckle; 2163. a pull rod; 2164. an ear; 2165. a shaft hole; 2151. a bump; 2152. a notch; 3. a connecting piece; 31. a through hole; 4. a rotating shaft; 311. a clamping groove; 5. a clamping block; 6. foot pads; 7. a leveler; 71. a spherical base; 72. an inner hemisphere; 73. a coupling nut; 74. an uploading table; 75. a spherical locking ring; 711. a convex spherical surface; 721. a spherical disc; 722. a shaft lever; 751. a collar; 752. an extension; 753. a screw hole; 754. locking the screw rod; 755. concave spherical surface.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

Please refer to fig. 1-13, which are schematic diagrams of the tripod and its components according to the present utility model. The tripod according to the first embodiment of the present utility model comprises three leg tubes 2 and a hinge 1, wherein the three leg tubes 2 are hinged on the hinge 1, the three leg tubes 2 are outwards rotated and unfolded around the hinge point to form the tripod, the three leg tubes 2 are inwards rotated and folded around the hinge point, the three leg tubes 2 are fan-shaped tubes with internal angles of 120 degrees, and the three leg tubes 2 are distributed around the axis of the hinge at 120 degrees.

The three foot tubes can be outwards rotated and unfolded around the hinge point to form the tripod, and the three foot tubes can be folded around the hinge point to form a folding piece.

In order to utilize space to the greatest extent, reduce the storage size and maintain certain strength, the foot tube adopts a sector tube with an inner angle of 120 degrees, and three foot tubes are distributed around the axis center of the outer center shaft by 120 degrees. Thereby enabling the three foot tubes to be folded into a cylindrical folding piece around the hinge point. Through such structural design to can balanced simultaneously accomodate size and tripod support stability problem, the furthest utilizes the space, reduces and accomodates the size and has kept tripod support strength.

In order to adapt to application scenes with different supporting heights, the sector pipes adopt telescopic sector pipes, so that different supporting heights can be achieved through the telescopic of the telescopic sector pipes.

The telescopic fan-shaped pipe can be in a conventional telescopic pipe mode, namely an inner telescopic pipe mode and an outer telescopic pipe mode, and the inner pipe can be telescopic relative to the outer pipe and can be fixed when the inner pipe is telescopic to a proper length. The specific telescopic structure design of the telescopic fan-shaped pipe is not important to the utility model, and the telescopic fan-shaped pipe form capable of realizing telescopic adjustment can be applied to the scheme of the utility model to realize the technical effect.

In order to strengthen the fixation and stability of the telescopic fanning pipes after the telescopic fanning pipes are telescopic, a cam pulling lock assembly 21 is arranged on each telescopic joint of each telescopic fanning pipe so as to clamp and fix the telescopic fanning pipes after the telescopic fanning pipes are telescopic.

As a specific implementation form, the utility model is combined with the accompanying figure 5 of the specification, and a telescopic fan-shaped pipe formed by sleeving four sections of fan-shaped pipes is taken as an example to describe a specific structure of one foot pipe in the utility model. In the practical application process, the number of the segments of the fan-shaped pipe can be appropriately increased or decreased based on the specific requirements of the use scene. Referring to fig. 5, the leg includes a first outer fan-shaped tube 211, a second inner fan-shaped tube 212, a third inner fan-shaped tube 213 and a fourth inner fan-shaped tube 214 sequentially arranged from top to bottom, and cam latch assemblies 21 are respectively disposed at the connection position of the bottom end of the first outer tube 211 and the top end of the second inner fan-shaped tube 212, the connection position of the bottom end of the second inner fan-shaped tube 212 and the top end of the third inner fan-shaped tube 213, and the connection position of the bottom end of the third fan-shaped tube 213 and the top end of the fourth fan-shaped tube 214.

With further reference to fig. 6 and 7, the cam buckle lock assembly 21 of the present utility model includes a cam buckle lock 216 and a lock sleeve 215, the lock sleeve 215 is disposed at a bottom end of each sector pipe, and each lock sleeve is provided with a protrusion 2151, and is engaged with a slot 2152 at the bottom end of each sector pipe, the cam buckle lock 216 specifically includes an integrated lock sleeve 2161, a cam plate buckle 2162, and a pull rod 2163, the open ends of the integrated lock sleeve 2161 are oppositely and epitaxially formed into ears 2164, a pair of ears 2164 are disposed opposite, and the ears 2164 are provided with shaft holes 2165, the pull rod 2163 penetrates through the shaft holes 2165 and the top is connected with a rotating shaft of the cam buckle 2162, so that the pull rod 2163 is driven to pull through rotation of the cam buckle 2162, so that a pair of ears 2164 are clamped in opposite directions, and the lock sleeve 215 in the integrated lock sleeve 2161 is pressed to realize locking fixation.

Wherein, in order to make things convenient for the articulated between foot pipe and the articulated elements, connecting piece 3 has been cup jointed on three foot pipe 2 tops, all is provided with through-hole 31 on connecting piece 3 and the articulated elements 1, runs through-hole 31 rotation respectively through pivot 4 and articulates.

In addition, the outside of the through hole is provided with a clamping groove 311, and the top of the three foot pipes 2 is provided with a clamping block 5 which is matched with the clamping groove 311 to realize clamping. Through the cooperation of fixture block and draw-in groove, can realize at the foot pipe around the articulated elements outside rotation expansion in-process, fix based on different turned angle.

In addition, in order to avoid the influence of excessive friction at the bottom end of the foot tube on the service life, a foot pad 6 is also arranged at the bottom end of each foot tube 2.

In the second embodiment of the present utility model, the tripod further comprises a leveler 7, which is provided on the top of the tripod and serves to adjust the horizontal plane, in addition to the structure of the first embodiment. Wherein, the tripod is connected with the leveler through a connecting screw.

Referring to fig. 7-13 in conjunction with the present disclosure, a specific structure of a leveler and a structural schematic diagram of its components in an embodiment of the present disclosure are shown, the leveler 7 in the embodiment of the present disclosure is disposed at a top end of an outer center shaft, the leveler 7 includes a spherical base 71, an inner hemisphere 72, a coupling nut 73, an upper stage 74, and a spherical locking ring 75, wherein the inner hemisphere 72 includes a spherical disc 721 and a shaft 722 connected to a center of the spherical disc 721, the spherical disc 721 is disposed in the spherical base 71 and is attached to an inner surface of a top of the spherical base 71, a lower end surface of the spherical locking ring 75 is attached to an upper end surface of the spherical base 71, the spherical locking ring 75 is integrally embedded into the upper stage 74, and the shaft 722 penetrates the spherical locking ring 75 and the upper stage 74 to be fixed with the coupling nut 73, so that the inner hemisphere 72, the upper stage 74 and the spherical locking ring 75 are coupled to form a space spherical gap, and the inner spherical surface and the outer spherical surfaces of the attachable spherical base can be rotated to complete adjustment of a horizontal plane.

The spherical locking ring 75 can be adjusted to realize inward shrinkage locking, so that the spherical curvature is reduced, the space gap formed by the spherical surface of the binding ring and the upper surface of the inner hemisphere is compressed, the upper table 74 is pushed upwards while the upper spherical surface of the spherical base 71 is compressed, the coupling nut 73 is driven to pull the inner hemisphere 72 to move upwards, the inner spherical surface of the spherical base 71 is compressed, and the inner hemisphere 72 is locked and fixed, so that the whole structure is fixed.

As a specific implementation manner, the spherical locking ring 75 according to the embodiment of the present utility model includes a collar 751, where opposite and outwardly extending portions 752 are respectively provided at the open end edges of the collar 751, opposite screw holes 753 are provided on the extending portions 752, and the locking screw 754 passes through the screw holes 753, so that the extending portions are controlled to be relatively close by the locking screw 754, the spherical curvature is changed, and the space gap formed between the spherical surface of the collar and the upper surface of the inner hemisphere is contracted to realize locking.

In a preferred implementation, the upper surface of the spherical base 71 of the present utility model is a convex spherical surface 711, and the lower end surface of the spherical locking ring 75 is correspondingly provided with a concave spherical surface 755, so that the opposite acting force is applied by mutual extrusion of contact surfaces during the locking process of the spherical locking ring 75.

The tripod comprises three leg pipes hinged on the hinge member, the three leg pipes are outwards rotated around the hinge point to form the tripod, the three leg pipes are inwards rotated around the hinge point to be folded, the three leg pipes are fan-shaped pipes with internal angles of 120 degrees, and the three leg pipes are distributed around the axis of the hinge member with 120 degrees. According to the tripod, the foot tubes of the tripod are arranged into the sector foot tubes with the inner angles of 120 degrees, so that after the three foot tubes are rotated inwards around the hinging point and folded, the inner angles of the three foot tubes are exactly and perfectly attached to each other, the storage volume of the tripod is greatly reduced, and the stability of the tripod is ensured.

The tripod can further comprise a leveling device, and can be used for quickly positioning a horizontal working surface through the structural design of the leveling device, and is provided with an active locking mechanism, so that the leveling of the horizontal working surface can be realized, and meanwhile, the fixing of the whole structure is realized through the active locking mechanism.

It should be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

Although embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims (8)

1. The tripod is characterized by comprising three foot pipes and a hinging piece, wherein the three foot pipes are hinged to the hinging piece, the three foot pipes are outwards rotated and unfolded around the hinging point to form the tripod, the three foot pipes are inwards rotated and folded around the hinging point, the three foot pipes are fan-shaped pipes with inner angles of 120 degrees, the three foot pipes are distributed around the axis of the hinging piece at 120 degrees, the fan-shaped pipes are telescopic fan-shaped pipes, cam pulling locking assemblies are arranged on telescopic nodes of the telescopic fan-shaped pipes, each cam pulling locking assembly comprises a cam pulling locking and a locking sleeve, the locking sleeve is arranged at the bottom end of the outer fan-shaped pipe, each locking sleeve is provided with a protruding block and is matched and clamped with a notch at the bottom end of the outer fan-shaped pipe, and the cam pulling locking assemblies are matched with the locking sleeve to fix the telescopic fan-shaped pipes after being telescopic.

2. The tripod of claim 1, wherein said cam-operated lock comprises an integrated lock sleeve, a cam-operated buckle and a pull rod, said integrated lock sleeve has an open end which is extended to form an ear portion, a pair of ear portions are arranged opposite to each other, said ear portions are provided with shaft holes, said pull rod is penetrated through said shaft holes and is abutted to said ear portions, and the top of said pull rod is connected with said cam-operated buckle in a rotary manner, so that said pull rod pulls said ear portions abutted to said pull rod, so that said pair of ear portions are clamped in opposite directions, and said cam-operated buckle cooperates with said lock sleeve to realize locking and fixing of the telescopic tube joints of said telescopic fan tube.

3. A tripod according to claim 1, wherein the tripod top is further provided with a leveler.

4. A tripod according to claim 3, wherein the leveler comprises a spherical base, an inner hemisphere, a coupling nut, an upper stage and a spherical locking ring, wherein the inner hemisphere comprises a spherical disc and a shaft rod connected to the center of the spherical disc, the spherical disc is arranged in the spherical base and is attached to the inner surface of the top of the spherical base, the lower end surface of the spherical locking ring is attached to the upper end surface of the spherical base, the spherical locking ring is integrally embedded into the upper stage, and the shaft rod penetrates through the spherical locking ring and the upper stage and is fixed with the coupling nut, so that a space spherical gap is formed by the coupling of the inner hemisphere, the upper stage and the spherical locking ring, and the inner and outer spherical surfaces of the spherical base can be attached to the spherical base to complete the adjustment of the horizontal plane.

5. The tripod of claim 4, wherein said spherical locking ring comprises a collar, said collar having open ends provided with opposite and outwardly extending extensions, said extensions being provided with opposite screw holes through which locking screws pass to control said extensions to draw together relatively by said locking screws to change the spherical curvature, thereby contracting the space gap formed between the spherical surface of said collar and the upper surface of the inner hemisphere, thereby effecting locking.

6. A tripod according to claim 4, wherein the upper surface of the spherical base is convex and the lower end surface of the locking ring is correspondingly configured as a concave sphere to apply a counter force by the mutual compression of the contact surfaces during locking of the locking ring.

7. The tripod of claim 1, wherein the top ends of said three leg tubes are sleeved with connecting members, through holes are provided in said connecting members and said hinge members, and said connecting members and said hinge members are rotatably hinged through said through holes, respectively, by rotating shafts.

8. The tripod of claim 7, wherein a clamping groove is arranged outside said through hole, and a clamping block which is matched with said clamping groove to realize clamping is arranged at the top of said three leg pipes.