IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMERA LEGS
Year: 1886

page_text: S. D. MOKELLEN 18 Brown St. Manchester Watch & Clock & Camera Manu-
facturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
CAMERA LEGS to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the portable camera stand and is designed to facilitate.
the erecting & folding of camera legs so that the least possible time may be
required to erect & fold them & when folded they may occupy the least possible
space.
For this purpose I use eccentric cams so adjusted that by the turning of them in
one direction the joints, or parts, or lengths, of the legs shall be tightly bound
together at their junction thus enabling the legs to be erected instantly & by
turning the cams the contrary way the parts or lengths of the legs shall be
released from each other and the legs thus can be folded in the shortest possible
time.

page_text: Improvements in Camera Legs.
I, SAMUEL DUNSEITH MCKELLEN 18 Brown Street, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Watch, Clock, and Camera Manufacturer do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN CAMERA LEGS, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to portable camera stands, and is intended to facilitate
the erecting, and folding of camera legs, so that the least possible time inay be
required to erect or fold them, and when folded they may occupy the least possible
space.
For this purpose I use eccentric cams so adjusted, that by turning them in one
direction, the joints, parts, or lengths of the legs are tightly bound together at their
junction, thus enabling the legs to be erected instantly, and by turning the said
cams the contrary direction, the parts or lengths of the legs are released from each
other, and the legs folded in the shortest possible time.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings which I now describe, similar letters
refer to similar parts.
Fig. 1 represents front view, and
Fig. 2 side view of parts of camera legs; between a and a¹ the extension b is
made to slide in the ordinary way: A clip c retains these parts of legs in position:
. One end of clip c is formed so that a lever d¹ with a cam or eccentric end d may
work between the jaws of the clip c. When the legs are required to be adjusted
the lever d¹ is raised as shown in Fig. 1, and the leg b is then free to move between
legs a and al: When the legs have been adjusted, in order to retain them in the
required position, the lever d' is turned down as shown in Fig. 3: the cam d then
presses on the plate c and binds the legs firmly together. This arrangement may
be applied to all or any of the joints of the legs in the same way as those shown
on the drawing..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
For the purpose of adjusting the legs or parts of portable camera stands, the use
of a band or clip with an eccentric cam. attached, which is so adjusted that by
turning the said cam in one direction the joints, parts or lengths of the legs are
tightly bound together, and by turning the said cam in the contrary direction, the
parts or lengths of the legs are released from each other substantially as herein
before described.