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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2008
Leonhard Jaumann, Munich, DE;
Berthold Mollenhauer, Munich, DE;
Leonhard Jaumann, Munich, DE;
Berthold Mollenhauer, Munich, DE;
Camera Dynamics GmbH, Eching, DE;
Abstract
Tripod head for pivotably receiving a device, in particular a film or television camera, comprising a housing (), a shaft () which is rotatably mounted in the housing (), a receptacle (), which is connected to the shaft (), for the device, at least two separate energy accumulators (-) which are respectively disposed between the shaft () and the housing (), and a compensating comprising a respective interlocking (-) for the energy accumulators in order to switch the energy accumulators (-), in each case in operative connection between the housing () and shaft (), so that a restoring moment is exerted on the receptacle () via the shaft () in accordance with the torque of the device, and a common actuating element () in order to switch the energy accumulators (-) via the interlocking (-) individually or in combination, as desired, characterised in that the actuating element () is configured as a rotary disc and comprises on the side facing the housing a cam controller () which acts on the interlocking means (-) in such a way that the energy accumulators (-) can be switched via the interlocking means (-) individually or in combination, as desired.