Improvements in the Stands or Supports for Photographic Cameras.
Year: 1886

page_text: Improvements in the Stands or Supports for Photographic
Cameras.
I, ARTHUR RAYMENT of 36 Beatrice Road Finsbury Park in the County of
Middlesex Optician do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in the top part of the tripod
stand or other support for photographic cameras whereby the camera can be
readily moved into any required position and placed at any desired angle.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the top of a tripod or other
stand or support in two parts hinged so that they will fold or lie closely together
for convenience of description I will call one part the "upper" and the other part
the "base."
The special use of these parts is that whilst the base part is attached to the legs
clip or other support the upper part (acting upon hinges) may be adjusted so as to
enable the operator to turn the camera to take a photograph at any desired angle
or position.
Another motion is provided where the camera is oblong shaped (so as to maintain
approximately the centre of gravity of the camera during or when ready for an
exposure) the camera being attached to the upper part of the aforesaid tripod top
which part is hinged to a sliding piece arranged in and combined with the base
part the camera is slid or drawn back on this piece (which is adjusted or fixed at
the desired point by a suitable spring catch) and then changed froin the horizontal
to a vertical position or vice versa thus obviating the weight of the camera when
so changed causing unsteadiness or overbalancing by being thrown outside of the
centre of gravity of the support or stand.
The relative positions of the parts are secured at any angle desired by means of
a suitable spring between the two parts or by a slotted rod fixed to one part and
clamped on the other by a set screw or by a piece of wood or metal arranged and
forming an arc between the ends of the two parts and adjustable by a set screw or
by any other convenient method.
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A hole or recess is formed in the "base so as to allow the screw which serves
to secure the camera to the upper part to pass through when the two. parts are
lying closely together.
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Any suitable material may be used in the construction of the several parts
which may be varied or modified if desirable.

page_text: Cameras.
I ARTHUR RAYMENT of 36 Beatrice Road Finsbury Park in the County of
Middlesex Optician do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
This Invention has for its object improvements in the top part of the tripod
stand or other support for photographic cameras whereby the camera can be
readily moved into any required position and placed at any desired angle.
In carrying my invention into practice I construct the top of a tripod or other
stand or support for photographic cameras in two parts hinged so that they will
fold or lie closely together. For convenience of description I will call one part the
upper" and the other part the base.
"
The special use of these parts is that whilst the base part is attached to the legs
clip or other support the upper part (acting upon hinges) may be adjusted so as to
enable the operator to tilt or turn the camera to take a photograph at any desired
angle or in any required position.
Another motion is provided where the camera is oblong shaped (so as to maintain
approximately the centre of gravity of the camera during or when ready for an
exposure) the camera being attached to the upper part of the aforesaid tripod top
which part is hinged to a sliding piece arranged in and combined with the base
part, the camera is slid or drawn back on this piece (which is adjusted or fixed at
the desired point by a suitable set screw or catch) and then changed from the
horizontal to a vertical position or vice versa thus obviating the weight of the
camera when so changed causing unsteadiness or overbalancing by being thrown
outside of the centre of gravity of the support or stand.
The relative positions of the parts are secured at any angle desired by means of
a suitable spring between the two parts, or by a slotted rod fixed to one part and
clamped on the other by a set screw, or by a piece of wood or metal arranged and
forming an arc between the ends of the two parts and adjustable by a set screw,
or by any other convenient method such as a screw revolved by a small crank or
handle having a travelling nut thereon hinged to an intermediate piece hinged at
its other end to the "upper" which is thus steadily raised and lowered by revolving
the screw.
A hole or recess is formed in the "
"
"base so as to allow the screw which serves
to secure the camera to the upper part to pass through when the two parts are
lying closely together.
Any suitable material may be used in the construction of the several parts
which may be varied or modified if desirable.
And in order that my invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into practice I will now describe the accompanying drawings which show
one method only of carrying out my said invention.

page_text: Figure 1 shows a plan of my improved tripod or other top having a revolving
screw and nut arrangement applied thereto and
Figure 2 shows sectional side elevation of Figure 1 on the line A. B.
Figure 3 is same section as Figure 2 but showing the "
upper" part of the tripod
top partly raised and Figure 4 shows exterior end view with the ".
as in Figure 3.
upper" raised
a is the upper part of a tripod top to which the camera is attached as is well
understood by means of the slot or opening a¹, this part a is hinged at a' to
a sliding piece c arranged in and combined with the base b which is secured to the
legs or supports of the stand.
In this sliding part c is mounted a long screw d which revolves freely in its
bearing, on this screw d is mounted the travelling nut f.
When the screw d is revolved by the crank handle d' it causes the nut f to
travel along it and the nut f being hinged or jointed to the connecting piece f¹
which again is hinged or jointed at f' to the upper a raises the part a from the
base b (and sliding part c therein) until the two parts are at right angles
(or thereabouts) with one another when the nut has travelled along the screw to
about the position o, and the camera being thereby turned over on its side if
secured at right angles to the screw d or if parallel therewith it would by this
action be placed vertical. The raising and lowering movement is also useful for
elevating or depressing the camera.
In order to bring the weight of the camera body (when turned on its side as
described) more over the stand the sliding part c. Figure 4 is drawn outwards
(three fourths or thereabouts of its length) in the base 6 and is locked or secured
in any desired position by a key or set screw such as g.
The connecting piece f¹ is shown at Figure 4 with a slot or opening f³ therein
through which the screw d passes.
The tripod top can be formed with various modifications so long as the main
feature of my invention (i.e. forming the "top" in two parts and hinging them
together) is retained.
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:-
1. The improved arrangement and construction of the top of a tripod or other
stand for a photographic camera the two parts thereof being hinged together and
acting in conjunction with a revolving screw substantially in the manner and for
the purpose hereinbefore described and represented in the accompanying drawings.
2. The improved construction of the top of a tripod or other support or stand for
a photographic camera by forming the top in two parts hinged or jointed together
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before described.
Dated the 19th day of November 1886