Patent ID: 7533856
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
1. A tripod head, in particular a camera tripod head, comprising: a base member, a tiltable assembly, which, on the one hand, is connected to said base member so as to be rotatable about a tilt axis and to which, on the other hand, a mounting, particularly a camera mounting, is securely attachable, a means for compensating a tilt moment that occurs during the tilt movement, said means having at least one energy-storing member that is freely supported on said base member, said means for compensating the tilt moment has at least one carrier connected to said tiltable assembly at a position some distance away from said tilt axis so that it is movable with said tiltable assembly around said tilt axis and has at least one pulling member that interacts with said carrier and said energy-storing member so that the carrier acts on said energy-storing member when said mounting tilts, and as a result, said energy-storing member exerts, via said carrier, an essentially sinusoidal return moment on said tiltable assembly and, thus, on said mounting, said pulling member, starting from said carrier, running essentially perpendicular to said tilt axis toward a deflection point, and after the deflection, said pulling member running essentially parallel to said tilt axis to a movable support means, wherein said one end of said pulling member is connected to said movable support means, passes from there, via said deflection point, to said carrier, where said pulling member is connected to said carrier, and from there returns, via said deflection point, back to said movable support means and wherein said pulling member is designed as a continuous cable.