Furukawa Co., Ltd.

Hisanao Aoki

Fumio Yuasa

An elevator device for a television camera which reduces noise to a low level, which moves up or down a television camera at high speed regardless of whether the moving distance is short or long, and which makes it possible that camera position movement at high speed is compatible with smooth speed change in low speed range in film shooting. The elevator device for a television camera comprises a stationary cylinder, a movable cylinderon which a television camerais mounted, and a linear motorfor moving the movable cylinderup or down along the stationary cylinder, wherein the movable cylinderis in the form of a telescopic tube and includes a pulleyand a wire ropefor extension and contraction of the movable cylinderwhen the movable partof linear motoris moved up or down.

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Hino, Japan

Hisanao Aoki