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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Hiroshi Yamakose, Gifu, JP;
Shinji Ono, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroshi Yamakose, Gifu, JP;
Shinji Ono, Nagoya, JP;
Elmo Company, Limited, , JP;
Abstract
A head arm pivot shaft support mechanismhas a cord covering unitincluding a first part, a second part, and a third part. The first partand the second partare located on a side of one head-side engagement legof bifurcated head-side engagement legsandand are arranged to be rotatable about a pivot shaft member. The first partand the second partrespectively have an arc-shaped peripheral walland an arc-shaped peripheral wallprotruded toward the third partto fill a space on a bifurcation base side between the bifurcated head-side engagement legsand. The third partis located on a side of the other head-side engagement legand is arranged to be rotatable about the pivot shaft member. The third parthas a first arc-shaped peripheral walland a second arc-shaped peripheral wallprotruded toward the first partand the second partto fill spaces between edges of the arc-shaped peripheral wallof the first partand edges of the arc-shaped peripheral wallof the second part. A cord extended from an internal camera incorporated in a camera headruns through a cutformed in the arc-shaped peripheral walland a cutformed in the arc-shaped peripheral walland is covered with these arc-shaped peripheral wallsandwith avoiding interference with the pivot shaft member