US1153320A - Camera-support. - Google Patents

Description

v1. H. KLENCK.

CAMERA SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE27. I9I4.

Lm Patentedsept. 14, 1915.

@MW I i with an opening 24 and theshank 19 of the camera supporting member' projects through this opening, the spherical head 18 being partly received within the opening, it beingv understood that the camera supportingextending beside the back 1 of the fixed jaw. The wall of the opening 27 engages that side-of .the spherical head 18 of the camera supporting member opposite the side engaged by the walls of the opening 24, and it will be observed.' that the clamp member ress, at its bend between the body portion an v which constitutes one wall of the slot 4, so

that the member may be rocked upon this end of the back as a fulcrum and may therefore be brought to bear more orless firmly against the spherical head 18.

A thumb screw 28 is fitted through an opening 29 in the body portion 25 of the clamping member, at that end opposite the end at which the head 26 is located, and the said screw is threaded. into an opening 30 formed in the back 1. It will now be apparent that by tightening the screw 28, the clamping member will be rocked uponthe end edge of the back 1 in a manner to move its body portion toward the said back and its head 26 into iirm `engagement with the spherical head 18. As before stated, a

.sprlng is provided for holding 'the jaws yieldably closed and this spring is indicated by the-numeral 31, and is coiled about the pivot pin 14, and has one end 32 bearing against the pivoted end of the back 10 of y the movable jaw and its other end 33 bearing against the end of the back 1 of the fixed jaw. From the foregoing description' of the invention it will be understood that by pulling open the jaws, the device may be engaged with av horizontally or vertically disposed support and that after it has been apphed to such support it will be securely held against accidental displacement. rlhe thumb screw 28 is then loosened so as to decrease the tension of the clamping member and permit of angular adjustment of the camera supporting member. rIhe camera may then be, or have previously been, connected to the said supporting member and, in'any event, it is` y,adjusted until 1t has been brought to `the dehead, against that .end of the back 1 sired position and in proper position. for making the exposure. The thumb screw 28 is then tightened so as to securely bind the head 18 and thereby hold the camera supporting member against accidental displacement.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

`1. In a support ofthe class described, a jaw having a bearing portion, a clamping member carried by the said jaw and having a bearing portion' spaced from the bearing portion of the jaw, a supporting member having a head fitted between the said bearing portions and angularly adjustable, a jaw pivoted to the first-mentioned jaw, and a spring -yieldably' holding the jaws closed.

2. In a supportwofthe class described, pivotally connected jaws, a supporting memberY angularly adjustable with respect to the jaws, a clamping member coperating with the supporting member to hold the same at adjustment, and means for moving the said member into clamping engagement with the supporting member.

3. In a support of the class described, a jaw having a bearing portion providedwith an opening, a supportlng member having a head seating within the opening and angularly adjustable, a clamping member having a bearing portion opposing the bearing portion .of the jaw and bearing against the said head, means for adjusting the clamping member to bring its bearing portion into clamping engagement with the head, and a jaw pivoted to the first-mentioned jaw and v coperating therewith.

4. In a support of the class described, a jaw having a bearing portion provided with an opening, a supporting member having a head seating within the opening and angularly adjustable, a clamping member having a bearing portion opposing the bearing portion of the jaw and bearing against the said head, means for adjusting the clamping member to bring its bearing portion into clamping engagement with the head, a jaw pivoted to the first-mentioned jaw and cooperating therewith, and a spring for holding the jaws closed. 5. In a support of the class described, a jaw having a bearing portion, a clamping member mounted for rocking movement uponthe jaw and having a bearing portion opposing the first-mentioned bearing portion, a supporting member having a bearing portion tted between the Erst-mentioned bearing portions,means for moving \the clamping member upon its fulcrum to bring its vbearing portion into` clamping engagement with the said bearing portion of the supporting member, and a jaw pivoted to the first-mentioned jaw and coperating therewith.

antenne f jaw having a back and spaced sides and said bearing portions and angularly adjustlo provided with a bearing portion extending able, and aspiring holding the jaws closed. between its sides, a jaw having spaced sides In testimony whereof 'ax my signatted between the sides of the rstmenture in presence of two witnesses.

5 tioned jaw a pivot pin fitted through the said sides bf the jaw, a clamping member JHN H KLENCK [Ls] having a portion opposing the bearing por- Witnesses: tion of the` first-mentioned jaw', a supporting Amon M. Klemm,

member having a head tted between.` the JUE. F. GRozINGnR.

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