An Improved Support for Photographic Cameras or other Instrüments ***Requiring a Level Base or Stand.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th May, 1899 -
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1900
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An Improved Support for Photographic Cameras or other Instrüments
***Requiring a Level Base or Stand.
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I, HANS PETER HANSEN, of Calwick, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Estate
Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to an improved support for photographic.cameras or other
instruments requiring a level base or stand when in use, and where the ordinary
tripod stand is impracticable.
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For this purpose the improved support consists of a board or base-plate to which
is pivoted a table capable of revolving upon a metal ring fixed to the said
board.
To one end of the table is hinged a tilting board provided with catches for fixing
the camera or other instrument thereto.
The said board is fixed to the required angle. by. means of one or more props or
struts pivoted at one end to the table and fitted at the other end. with a screw or
stud engaging with a slotted plate; fixed to the board, and to which it is clamped
by means of a milled, nut.
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The base-plate is fitted underneath with two sliding jaws or clamps, for: fixing
it to any desired object, one of the jaws being fixed by means of a pivoted catch
or pawl engaging with teeth on the underside of the base-plate, the two arms of
the said jaw being notched for fitting different sized objects.
The other or sliding clamp, formed as a single jaw, is operated by a screw
passing through-it, the said screw being carried by the base-plate and turned by
a handle to cause the clamp to travel towards the fixed one and grip- the object
to which the support is attached.
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The central part of the base-plate is made to slide and may be extended and
fixed, by a milled-headed screw, to any article of greater diameter or size...
The revolving table is fitted with a catch for holding down the tilting board,
and engaging with a toothed wheel or rack to arrest the revolution of the table
and fix it at any desired angle.
Dated this 20th day of Mou 1000
An Improved Support for Photographic Cameras or other Instruments
Requiring a Level Base or Stand.
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1, HANS PETER HANSEN, of Calwick, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Estate
Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
[Price 8d.]
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page_text: the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improved support for photographic cameras or
other instruments whereby the ordinary tripod stand may be dispensed with.
The said support consists of a board or base-plate to which is pivoted, a table
capable of revolving upon a metal ring fixed to the board. To one end of the
table is hinged a tilting board provided with catches for fixing the camera or
other instrument thereto. The board is fixed at the requisite angle by means of
a prop or strut on each side pivoted at one end to the table and fitted at the other
end with a screw or stud engaging with a slot in a plate, fixed to the board, and
to which it is clamped by means of a milled-headed nut. The base-plate is fitted
underneath with two jaws or clamps for fixing it to any desired object, one of
the jaws being fixed by means of a pivoted catch or pawl engaging with racks on
the underside of the base-plate, the two arms of the said jaws being notched for
fitting different sized objects. The other or sliding clamp, formed as a single
jaw, is operated by a screw passing through it, the said screw being carried by
the base-plate and turned by a handle to cause the said clamp to travel towards
the fixed one and grip the object to which the support is attached.
The central part of the base-plate is formed so as to slide longitudinally and may
be extended and fixed by a milled-headed screw for attachment to any object,
the diameter or width of which is greater than the length of the base-plate. The
revolving table is fitted with a catch for holding down, the said catch also
engaging with a toothed wheel or rack to arrest the revolution of the table and
fix it at any desired angle. In the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig. 1 is a
side view of the improved support, Fig. 2 is a plan from underneath, Fig. 3 is a
cross section on line 1, 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4 is an underneath plan of the
pivoted table. Fig. 5 is a front view of the single jaw, the sliding part of the
base-plate to which it is fitted, being in section.
a is the base-plate and b is the table pivoted to the same by the screw the said
table revolving upon when shifted, the metal toothed ring c fixed to the base-
plate. d is the tilting board hinged at d to the table b. This board is provided
with catches, not shown, for fixing the camera or other instrument thereto, and
it is fixed at the required angle by the props or struts e, e pivoted at e¹ to the
said table. f, f are the screws or studs at the other ends which engage with a
slot g¹ formed in the plates or strips y fixed to each side of the board d. The
screws are clamped to the plates or strips g by the nuts h for holding the
props e, and the board at the required angle. is the fixed double jaw and j
the catch or pawl pivoted at thereto. The catch j engages with the racks k
fixed to the base-plate a for holding the jaw in the required position and permits
of the jaw being shifted as desired. are the notches in the said jaw for fitting
objects of smaller size. is the sliding or moveable jaw and m the screw passing
therethrough for operating the same. The screw m is carried by the brackets m
fixed to the base-plate, and is operated by the handle m². n is the central sliding
portion of the bed-plate and is formed with the grooves n¹ for receiving the side
Hanges of the jaw 1. The jaw i is also formed with similar flanges sliding in
grooves in the base-plate a. The slide n is fixed in its closed or extended position
by the milled-headed screw o passing through a hole in the base-plate and
screwing into a hole near the end of the slide. The pivoted table b is fitted with
the rod or catch p Fig. 4, which engages with the teeth of the ring c to lock the
said table at any angle to which it may be turned, the rod p being provided with
a handle p¹ for pulling it out of gear with the teeth to permit of the table being
turned, and being also fitted with a spring 72 for keeping it in gear with the
said teeth.
In applying my invention the jaw i is fixed in any required position on the
racks, and the jaw is operated by the handle m² so as to cause it to travel towards
the jaw the jaws thus tightly gripping between them the object to which the
support is attached, and which may be a post, tree-trunk, branch or other

page_text: convenient body. For attaching the support to objects of extra thickness or
size the slide n is drawn out as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1 and 2 and fixed by
the screw o and the jaw / operated to grip the said object.
The table b may, in addition to the catch p for locking it at the required
angle, be secured by tightening the screw 6, for which purpose the hole din
the board d is provided.
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:
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(1) The improved support for photographic cameras and other instruments
comprising a board or base-plate provided with a pivoted table which is fitted
with a spring catch engaging with a toothed ring fixed to the base-plate two
racks carried by the base-plate and a double armed jaw fitting into grooves in
the latter and provided with a pivoted pawl for engaging the teeth of the racks,
a central portion sliding in the base-plate and carrying a single-armed sliding
jaw and a tilting board for carrying the camera, hinged to the table and fixed to
the required angle by props or struts, substantially as herein described and shown.
(2) In a support as above claimed the combination of a base-plate such as a, a
revolving table b, pivotal screw 6¹, toothed ring c, tilting board d, props e, screws f,
plates g having slots g¹, nuts h, double jaw i, fitted with pawl j, racks k, sliding
jaw, operated by screw m, slide n formed with grooves n¹, fixing screw o, and
catch-rod p formed with handle and fitted with a spring p2 all arranged and
operating substantially as described and shewn and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 20th day of February 1900.
J. B. FLEURET,
Agent for the Applicant, 5, Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, London, E.C.