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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Vitec Imaging Solutions S.p.a., Cassola, IT;

Inventors:

Paolo Speggiorin, Mussolente, IT;

Davide Guidolin, Rosa', IT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 11/10 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 11/10 (2013.01); F16M 11/041 (2013.01); F16M 13/00 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); F16M 2200/041 (2013.01);
Abstract

A balanced support head () for video/photographic equipment (), comprising a base (), a platform () to which the equipment can be detachably fixed and which can turn relative to the base about a horizontal axis of oscillation (X), as well as a balancing device () capable of offsetting the oscillation of the platform caused by the weight of the equipment and the platform. The balancing device comprises a spring () fastened to the base and extending towards the platform along a substantially vertical, axis (Z) of said base, and also an abutment element () fastened to the platform and abutting one end () of the spring at a predetermined distance (R) from the axis of oscillation, so that, when the platform is oscillated relative to the base from a vertical, balanced position, the abutment element is displaced relative to the vertical axis along the end of the spring, such that the force exerted thereby on the abutment element generates a balancing torque with a sign opposite that generated by the weight of the equipment and of the platform.


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