Viewfinder eyepiece leveling device
CA 1078242 A · Owner: Panavision Incorporated · Inventors: Gottschalk, Robert E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A motion picture camera is mounted upon a gear head for tilting movement, and the camera is provided with a viewfinder eyepiece device mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis. A link is pivotally connected at one end to the viewfinder eyepiece device and is pivotally connected at the other end to a nontilting portion of the gear head whereby movement, of the viewfinder eyepiece device is minimized during tilting movement of the camera.
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Why it's free to use
- Granted May 27, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 27, 1997.
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