Improvements in the Method or Means for Securing Cameras and other Instruments to Tripod Stands and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th July, 1898
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar, 1899-Accepted, 10th June, 1899
Improvements in the Method or Means for Securing Cameras and
other Instruments to Tripod Stands and the like.
I, HERBERT THOMAS ALEXANDER RENBOLD, of 5, Jeffreys Road, Clapham, S.W.,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the method or means for securing
cameras and other instruments to tripod stands and the like, the object being to
arrange the screw by means of which such instruments are secured to their stands,
permanently in connection with same, and in such a manner that they cannot
be removed therefrom, and by this means I obviate the disadvantages of the
ordinary loose screw which is frequently mislaid, forgotten or lost, putting the
user of the camera or such like instrument to considerable trouble and incon-
venience.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I sink a hollow metal case into
the base board of the camera or other instrument, in such a manner that it lies
flush with the under surface of same, and within this case I arrange a pivoted
screw capable, when not required for use, of lying snugly therein.
When the screw is required for securing the camera or other instrument to
the tripod stand or the like, it is pulled out at right angles to the base board and
passed through the tripod or other stand when it is tightened up with a winged
nut from underneath the head of the tripod.
According to this arrangement the nut is loose and detachable and has to be
carried separately, but the case may be made sufficiently large to receive the
bolt and also the nut which is temporarily screwed on to same, the whole being
then turned back into the aforesaid case.
Improvements in the Method or Means for Securing Cameras and
other Instruments to Tripod Stands and the like.
I, HERBERT THOMAS ALEXANDER RENBOLD, of 5, Jeffreys Road, Clapham, S.W.,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, and in what manner
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page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
My invention relates to improvements in the method or means for securing
cameras and other instruments to tripod stands and the like, the object being to
arrange the screw by means of which such instruments are secured to their stands,
permanently in connection with same, and in such a manner that they cannot
be removed therefrom and by this means I obviate the disadvantages of the
ordinary loose screw.
In carrying out my invention into practical effect, I sink a hollow metal case A
into the baseboard of the camera B or other instrument, in such a manner that
it lies flush with the under surface of same, and within this case I arrange a pivoted
screw C capable, when not required for use of lying snugly therein, together
with winged nut D.
When the screw is required for securing the camera, or other instrument to
the tripod stand or the like, it is pulled out at right angles, to the baseboard &
passed through the tripod or other stand, when it is tightened up with a winged
nut from underneath the head of the tripod.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
The sinking of a pivoted or hinged metal screw & nut into the exterior of a
hand or stand camera and other instruments.
1000
HERBERT THOMAS ALEXANDER RENBOLD.