JP2520447Y2 - Head - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a platform for supporting a camera or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when mounted on a tripod,
In a platform that supports cameras, etc., in addition to a pan that rotates about a vertical axis and a tilt table that rotates about a horizontal axis extending in the left-right direction, it also rotates about a horizontal axis extending in the front-rear direction. It is known that a pan head is equipped with a side tilt stand that mounts a camera on the side tilt stand.

In such a pan head, the pan handle for rotating the pan base and the like is seen by the operator.
It is projected from the left side of the platform toward the rear, and the central axis of rotation of the side tilt platform is the pan handle.
It is located on the left side of the tilt table, which is located directly above .

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional pan head, for example, in order to use the mounted camera in a vertical position, the side tilt base is rotated from the horizontal state to the counterclockwise direction when seen from the operator. When rotated and upright, the mounted camera will be located to the left of the pan handle, and the pan handle will be operated with the right hand and the camera with the left hand. It has problems such as deterioration of operability. Also, for example,
As described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-138993
Of the pan handle and side tilt stand on the right side of the platform.
A configuration in which a central axis of rotation is provided is known.
Even when it is completed, with the side tilt stand upright,
If the camera is close to the pan handle,
It has a problem that it is difficult to get up.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a platform having good operability even when the side tilt table is rotated.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems The camera platform of the invention of claim 1, wherein includes a platform main body which is mounted for at least horizontally rotated with respect to the attached object, provided on the left side rear portion of the platform main body An operation handle and a side tilt table to which a supported object is attached are provided on the right side of the platform body so as to be swingably supported in both directions and provided on the platform body. . The platform according to claim 2
Is attached so that it can be rotated at least horizontally relative to the object to be attached.
It is installed on the rear side of one side of the platform body
Operation handle and the other side of the platform head to both sides
It is swingably supported and is installed above the platform body.
Along with a side tilt table to which the supported object is attached
It is equipped with.

[0007]

[Action] In the camera platform of the invention of claim 1, wherein, as well as providing an operating handle on the left rear of the platform main body, on the right side of the platform main body, since the rotatably supporting the side-tilting base swingably,
Even when the side tilt table is swinging from the horizontal state to the vertical state with the supported object mounted on the side tilt table, the operation handle is located on the left side of the supported object. Claim
In the platform of the invention described in 2, the operation hub is provided on the rear side of one side of the platform body.
And a side wall on the other side of the platform.
Since the tilt base is swingably supported, side tilt
With the supported object mounted on the table,
When swinging from horizontal to vertical, the operating handle
And the supported object are separated from each other, and their operations do not interfere with each other.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The construction of one embodiment of the platform of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 to 5, reference numeral 10 denotes a pan head main body. The pan base main body 10 includes a base body 11 detachably attached to a mounting screw S1 such as a tripod S as an object to be attached.
A pan base 12 is rotatably supported on the base body 11 about a vertical axis, and is rotatably supported on the pan base 12 about a horizontal axis extending in the left-right direction when viewed from the operator. The tilt table 14 and a side tilt table 16 supported by the tilt table 14 so as to be swingable about a horizontal axis extending in the front-rear direction are included.

The base body 11 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and has a screw hole formed in the lower portion of the shaft center portion and screwed into the mounting screw S1 of the tripod S.
21 are formed. Further, on the outer peripheral surface of the base body 11, a vertical shaft portion 22 having a cylindrical shape and serving as a sliding surface is formed, and at the bottom of the vertical shaft portion 22, a flange portion 24 having an enlarged diameter is formed. ing.

The bread stand 12 has a substantially rod-like shape that is long in the left-right direction, and has a fitting hole 31 that penetrates vertically and has an inner peripheral surface serving as a sliding surface in the central portion. The fitting hole 31 is slidably fitted to the vertical shaft portion 22 of the base body 11 and is rotatably supported in the horizontal direction.

On both left and right sides of the fitting hole 31 of the bread stand 12, substantially cylindrical horizontal shaft portions 33 and 34 are coaxially formed. The horizontal axis 33 on the left side of the operator is
The diameter is slightly larger than the horizontal shaft 34 on the right side,
A flange portion 36 having an enlarged diameter is formed near the fitting hole 31. Further, a screw hole 37 penetrating left and right is formed in the shaft center portion of the right horizontal shaft portion 34, and a screw portion 38a of a pan locking screw 38 is screwed into this screw hole 37. . And
The tip of this screw part 38a is attached to the base body via a pressure contact plate 39.
The pan base 12 is fixed or the sliding resistance can be changed by rotating the handle portion 38b of the pan locking screw 38, which faces the vertical shaft portion 22 of the pan 11.

An annular retainer 40a is in contact with the bread stand 12 near the upper end of the fitting hole 31 to prevent the bread stand 12 from coming off.

The tilt base 14 is composed of an upper plate portion 41 and a left side plate portion 42 projecting downward from the left side portion of the upper plate portion 41 and having a substantially L-shaped cross-section. The right end of the upper plate 41 is composed of a right side plate 46 to which the upper end is connected. Then, the horizontal shaft portion 33 on the left side of the pan 12 is slidably fitted in the fitting hole 44a formed in the left side plate portion 42 of the tilt base body 44, and the fitting hole formed in the right side plate 46. The horizontal shaft portion 34 on the right side of the pan base 12 is slidably fitted to the pan 46a, and the tilt base 14 is configured to rotate in the vertical direction about the left and right horizontal shaft portions 33, 34.

The left side plate portion of the tilt base body 44
A handle support portion 44b is formed from 42 toward the rear and downward, and a screw hole 44 that penetrates to the fitting hole 44a is formed in the axial center portion along the longitudinal direction of the handle support portion 44b.
c is formed. Then, the screw portion h1 of the rod-shaped pan handle H is screwed into the screw hole 44c.
The front end of the pan can come into contact with the horizontal shaft portion 33 on the left side of the pan 12 via the press plate P. Then, by operating the pan handle H, the pan base 12 and the tilt base 14 can be freely rotated, and by rotating a grip portion (not shown) of the pan handle H,
The tilt table 14 can be fixed or the sliding resistance can be changed.

A recess 41b is formed on the left side of the upper plate portion 41, and a fitting hole 44a of the tilt table body 44 is formed.
An annular retaining body 40b is abutted near the left end of the
The tilt table body 44 is locked.

Cylindrical bearings 47 and 48 are formed at the right end of the upper plate 41 of the tilt base 14 and the upper end of the right plate 46, respectively, with the longitudinal direction as the axial direction. Each of these bearing portions 47 and 48 is divided into a plurality of front and rear portions in a comb shape and meshes with each other with a gap therebetween, and a through hole 49 penetrating in the front and rear direction is formed coaxially. Has been done.

The side tilt table 16 has a substantially rectangular plate shape, and a cylindrical bearing portion 51 whose axial direction is the front-rear direction is formed at the right end portion. The bearing portion 51 is divided into a plurality of comb-shaped teeth by a slit, and the bearing portions 47 and 48 of the tilt mount 14 are slidably meshed with these slits. The bearing portion 51 is formed with a through hole 52 penetrating therethrough in the front-rear direction coaxially with the through holes 49 of the bearing portions 47 and 48 of the tilt mount 14.
The side tilt table 16 is swingably attached to the tilt table 14 by a side tilt locking screw 53 which is inserted through. In addition, the thread part of this side tilt locking screw 53
A nut 54 locked to the bearing portion 51 of the side tilt table 16 is screwed on the tip side of the 53a, and the handle 53b of the side tilt locking screw 53 is rotated to operate the tilt table 14 of the tilt table 14. The bearing portions 47, 48 and the bearing portion 51 of the side tilt table 16 can be fixed or the sliding resistance can be changed.

The front wall portion 5 is provided at each of the front end portion, the rear end portion, and the right end portion of the upper surface of the side tilt table 16.
5, a rear wall portion 56, and a right wall portion 57 are formed, and a portion surrounded by these wall portions 55, 56, 57 is a mounting recess 58. Further, the surface of the right wall portion 57 on the mounting recess 58 side is an inclined surface 57 that is inclined in a direction of rising toward the mounting recess 58.
It is a. Further, the left end portion of the side tilt table 16 is projected to the left in a substantially semi-disc shape, and the lower surface of this protruding portion is provided with a recess 41b formed on the upper surface of the tilt table 14. A screw receiving portion 59 that is loosely fitted is provided so as to project,
Further, a screw hole 59a is formed so as to vertically penetrate the screw receiving portion 59.

Then, at the upper part of the screw receiving portion 59 of the side tilt table 16, by a screw 60 screwed into the screw hole 59a,
A locking lever 61 is rotatably supported. As shown in FIG. 5, the locking lever 61 includes a substantially disk-shaped cam portion 64.
And an operation portion 65 protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the cam portion 64. A notch 64a is formed on one side of the cam portion 64, and an inclined surface 66 is formed on the outer peripheral portion of which the diameter is reduced downward. Also, this cam part
64 is eccentrically attached by a screw 60 at a position,
The distance from the axial center to the inclined surface 66 of the outer peripheral portion gradually increases as the distance from the cutout portion 64a increases. Further, this locking lever 61, by the built-in torsion spring 68,
It is urged clockwise in a top view.

In addition, a substantially rectangular plate-shaped mounting base 71 is removably mounted in the mounting recess 58 on the upper surface of the side tilt base 16. This mounting base 71 is of a so-called quick shoe type, and has a fixing screw 72 for detachably mounting a camera as a supported object and a positioning that is vertically movable while being biased upward. A pin 73 and the pin 73 project from the upper surface. The fixing screw 72 can be rotated by a rotation operation unit (not shown) on the lower surface side. In addition, inclined surfaces 75 and 76 are formed on both left and right sides of the mounting base 71 so as to incline toward the outside.

When a 35 mm camera, for example, is mounted on the platform as a supported object, first, with the mounting base 71 removed from the side tilt base 16, the fixing screw 72 is screwed to the 35 mm camera. Attach the mounting base 71 to the bottom surface of the. Next, the mounting base 71 mounted on the 35 mm camera is mounted in the mounting recess 58 with the notch 64a of the locking lever 61 of the side tilt base 16 facing the mounting recess 58. And
With the right inclined surface 76 of the mounting base 71 locked to the inclined surface 57a of the right wall portion 57 of the side tilt base 16, the locking lever 61 is rotated to engage the left inclined surface 75. Stop lever 61
The 35 mm camera can be fixed to the platform through the mount 71 by press-contacting and locking the inclined surface 66 of the cam portion 64.

When mounting a video camera or the like as the supported object, the positioning pin 73 of the mounting base 71 is locked in the locking hole provided on the lower surface of the video camera to facilitate positioning. Can be

By manually operating the pan handle H with the pan locking screw 38 and the pan handle H being loosened, the lens provided on the front surface of the 35 mm camera can be aimed at the subject. it can.

Furthermore, in order to hold the 35 mm camera in a vertical position in which the long side of the photographic film is in the vertical direction, the side tilt table 16 is rotated while the side tilt locking screw 53 is loosened. The side tilt base 16 is fixed by rotating the side tilt locking screw 53 again from the horizontal position to the vertical position by rotating it upward and rightward.

Thus, according to the platform of the present embodiment, the tilt base 14 is extended to the right side, and the side tilt base 16 is rotated rightward and upward with the right end portion of the tilt base 14 as the central axis. Even when the side tilt table 16 is rotated and the 35 mm camera or the like is held in the vertical position, the pan handle H is located on the left front side of the 35 mm camera. Therefore, the 35 mm camera can be operated with the right hand and the pan handle H can be operated with the left hand, and the operability can be improved.

Further, today's cameras, especially single-lens reflex cameras, are provided with a grip portion on the right side of the housing as seen from the operator, but the other surface of the housing has a textured skin or the like. Therefore, it is not easy to hold the left side of the housing with the left hand. However, according to the camera platform of the present embodiment, the camera can be easily attached to the camera platform while holding the camera with the right hand.

Then, as in the conventional case, when a single-lens reflex camera or the like is attached to the side tilt table having a rotation center axis on the left side, and the side tilt table is rotated to the left side for photographing in a vertical position, The direction in which the lens rotates downward is the direction in which the fixing screw that fixes the camera loosens. Therefore, when a heavy interchangeable lens having a focal length of 200 mm or 300 mm is attached to the front surface of the camera housing, the weight of the interchangeable lens may cause the camera to rotate. According to the platform of the embodiment, since the side tilt table 16 rotates rightward, the direction in which the lens rotates downward is fixed by a fixing screw for fixing the camera.
72 becomes the tightening direction, and the rotation of the camera can be prevented.

Further, in today's compact cameras, the light emitting portion of the strobe device is provided on the upper left side of the camera housing. Therefore, when the camera is turned to the left, the light emitting portion of the strobe device is located below the lens. However, according to the camera platform of the present embodiment, the camera provided with the strobe device's light-emitting unit on the upper left side of the housing is vertically positioned. Even when shooting at a position, the light emitting portion is located above the lens, and a good lighting effect can be obtained. Also, the axis of the pan handle H
And the rotation axis of the side tilt table 16 on both sides of the platform body 10.
And the side tilt table 16 is rotated.
When setting the vertical position by pressing 3 on the side tilt stand 16.
For 5mm cameras, etc.
Since it rotates in the direction away from the handle H, the 35 mm
The operation of the camera and the pan handle H should not interfere with each other.
In addition, smooth operation with both hands is possible.

Next, the construction of another embodiment of the platform of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

Reference numeral 81 is a platform body, and the platform body 81 has a base body 82 detachably attached to a mounting screw such as a tripod as an attachment object (not shown), and a vertical axis about the base body 82. The pan table 83 is rotatably supported by the pan table 83, the tilt table 84 is rotatably supported by the pan table 83 about a horizontal axis extending in the left-right direction from the operator, and the tilt table 84 is , A side tilt base 86 supported swingably around a horizontal axis extending in the front-rear direction, and the like.

Further, the base body 82 has a substantially cylindrical shape, and a screw hole (not shown) which is screwed into a mounting screw of a tripod is formed in the lower portion of the shaft center portion.

Then, on the upper part of the base body 82, a bread stand
83 is slidably fitted and supported so as to be rotatable in the horizontal direction. Further, from the left and right side portions of the bread stand 83, substantially cylindrical fitting shaft portions 83a and 83b are coaxially projected. The fitting shaft portion 83 on the right side as seen from the operator
b is formed to have a diameter slightly larger than that of the fitting shaft portion 83a on the left side.

The tilt base 84 is composed of an upper plate portion 88, and a left side plate portion 89 and a right side plate portion 90 projecting downwardly from the left and right side portions of the upper plate portion 88, respectively. It has a U-shape.

The left side plate portion 89 is provided with a fitting hole 89a and a cutting portion 89b extending upward and rearward from the fitting hole 89a, and is formed into a substantially C-shape. A threaded hole portion 89c is formed so as to open downward in the rear side while penetrating the cut portion 89b. And this fitting hole
The fitting shaft portion 83a of the pan base 83 is slidably fitted in the 89a, and the screw portion of the rod-shaped pan handle H is screwed in the screw hole portion 89c.

A fitting hole 90a is formed in the right side plate portion 90 coaxially with the fitting hole 89a of the left side plate portion 89.
The fitting shaft portion 83b of the pan base 83 is slidably fitted to the a, and the tilt base 84 is configured to rotate in the vertical direction with the left and right fitting shaft portions 83a and 83b as the central axes. There is.

By operating the pan handle H, the pan base 83 and the tilt base 84 can be freely rotated, and by rotating the grip portion h2 of the pan handle H, the pan base 83 can be rotated. Also, the tilt base 84 can be fixed or the sliding resistance can be changed.

Further, on the upper right side of the tilt base 84, there is formed a substantially cylindrical bearing portion 92 whose axial direction is the front-rear direction and a through hole is formed in the axial center portion.

Further, the side tilt table 86 provided on the upper part of the tilt table 84 has a substantially rectangular plate shape, and the front and rear end surfaces of the bearing portion 92 of the tilt table 84 from the front and rear end portions on the right side toward the lower part. A front bearing portion 94 and a rear bearing portion 95 are slidably abutted on the projection. The front and rear bearing parts 94, 95 are formed with through holes concentric with the through holes of the bearing part 92, and the side tilt engagements inserted through the through holes of these bearing parts 92, 94, 95. A side tilt table 86 is swingably attached to an upper part of the tilt table 84 with the set screw 96 as a central axis.

By rotating the side tilt locking screw 96, the bearing 92 of the tilt base 84 and the front and rear bearings 94 and 95 of the side tilt base 86 are fixed or the sliding resistance is changed. Is ready to go.

A through hole 97 is formed so as to vertically penetrate the central portion of the side tilt base 86, and a fixing member for detachably attaching a camera as a supported object is formed in the through hole 97. A screw 98 is rotatably attached.
Further, a turning operation portion 98a is provided at a lower end portion of the fixing screw 98, and a locking lever 99 is pivotally supported between the turning operation portion 98a and the side tilt base 86.
The locking lever 99 includes a substantially disc-shaped cam portion 99a and an operation portion 99b provided so as to project from the outer peripheral surface of the cam portion 99a. Then, by rotating the locking lever 99, the fixing screw 98 can be firmly tightened.

Also in the pan / tilt head of this embodiment, the lens provided on the front surface of the 35 mm camera is used as a subject by manually operating the pan handle H while rotating and loosening the pan handle H. In order to hold the 35mm camera in a vertical position where the long side of the photographic film is in the vertical direction, the side tilt lock screw 96 must be rotated to loosen the side tilt table. 86
Is rotated vertically from the horizontal state to the vertical state, and the side tilt base 86 is fixed by rotating and tightening the side tilt locking screw 96 again.

As described above, according to the pan / tilt head of this embodiment, the side tilt table 86 is rotated upward and to the right with the right end portion of the tilt table 84 as the central axis, so that the side tilt table 86 is rotated. Even when the 35 mm camera or the like is held in the vertical position, the pan handle H is located on the left front side of the 35 mm camera. Therefore, the 35 mm camera can be operated with the right hand and the pan handle H can be operated with the left hand, and the operability can be improved.

[0044]

According to the platform of the invention as set forth in claim 1 , since the operation handle is located on the left side of the supported object even when the side tilt table is rocked, the supported object can be operated by the right hand. At the same time, the operating handle can be operated with the left hand, and operability can be improved. The platform according to claim 2
According to the above, the side tilt table is rocked to the vertical state.
And the operation handle and the supported object on the side tilt table
Separated from each other, their operations do not interfere with each other, improving operability
be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway rear view showing an embodiment of a platform according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a left side view in which a part of the pan head is cut away.

FIG. 3 is a right side view in which a part of the pan head is cut away.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a part of the same platform.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the same side tilt table.

FIG. 6 is a partially cutaway rear view showing another embodiment of the platform of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a left side view in which a part of the pan head is cut away.

FIG. 8 is a right side view of a part of the same platform.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Pan head body 16 Side tilt platform H Pan handle as operation handle S Tripod as attached object

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A pan head main body that is attached to an object to be attached so as to be rotatable at least horizontally, an operation handle provided on a left rear part of the pan head main body, and a bilateral direction on a right side part of the pan head main body. A pan head which is pivotally supported so as to be swingably provided on an upper side of the pan head main body, and further includes a side tilt base to which a supported object is attached. 2. A self-rotating device at least horizontally with respect to an object to be attached.
The platform body to be mounted on the platform, an operation handle provided on the rear portion of the platform body on one side, and a pivotally supported on the other side of the platform body so as to be swingable in both directions.
It is installed on the upper side of the lever platform and supports
It is equipped with a side tilt table to which the
A pan head to collect.