Dovetail Plate Clamping Track for Secure Flush Camera Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing blocking devices for dovetail plates in camera holders often fail to ensure secure and simple flush-mounting due to mismatched dimensions and tilting issues, leading to unsafe and impractical designs.
Innovation Solution
A blocking device with a track having adjustable dimensions and a clamping mechanism featuring a laterally displaceable clamping block, a rotatable clamping lever, and adjustable contact surfaces to accommodate dovetail plates of varying widths, allowing secure and flexible mounting from multiple angles.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a fixed-dimension track is used in the blocking device, then the structure is simple, but the dovetail plate cannot be securely mounted when dimensions or tilting do not match
Solution Approach 1:
The track is designed with an adjustable width between its side walls, allowing the distance between the side walls to be changed. This dynamic adjustment capability enables the track to accommodate dovetail plates of different dimensions and tilting angles, securing them reliably without requiring a completely new track for each variation.
Solution Approach 2:
The blocking device allows modification of the track's geometric parameters, specifically the width between side walls. By changing this parameter, the track can adapt to different dovetail plate dimensions and angular orientations, resolving the mismatch problem while maintaining a single versatile track structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the track dimensions are fixed to match a specific dovetail plate, then mounting is simple, but the device cannot accommodate dovetail plates of different dimensions or tolerances
Solution Approach 1:
The track incorporates movable side walls that can adjust their positions relative to each other, transforming the track from a static to a dynamic structure. This enables the same track to accommodate multiple dovetail plate widths and angles by simply adjusting the side wall positions, providing versatility without needing multiple fixed tracks.
3Ease of operation
If a simple push-button release mechanism is used, then operation is easy, but the dovetail plate may slide out due to inadvertent actuation
Solution Approach 1:
The clamping element utilizes a curved or inclined contact surface that engages with the dovetail plate at an angle. This geometric design creates a mechanical interlock where the clamping force is distributed and requires deliberate, coordinated action to release, preventing accidental disengagement while still allowing easy manual operation when intended.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables secure and easy flush-mounting of dovetail plates with adjustable clamping force and width, accommodating different dimensions and tolerances, ensuring safe and practical operation as a top loader, front loader, or back loader.
Implementation Method 1
the angle thereof relative to the base of the track 11 being selected so as to correspond to the dovetail plate 3
Implementation Method 2
The blocking side 131 for blocking the dovetail plate 3 acts on a side surface of the dovetail plate 3
Implementation Method 3
A clamping element 110 which can be manually actuated and which blocks the flush-mounted dovetail plate 3 by preventing a movement of the dovetail plate 3 along the longitudinal extent of the track 11
Data Source
AI summary
A blocking device is configured for blocking a dovetail plate that is flush-mounted in a track of the blocking device. The blocking device includes a base defining a side of the track and a clamping block arranged to be laterally displaceable on the base. The clamping block has a blocking side facing the track and a clamping side opposing the blocking side. A spacing between the blocking side and the clamping side varies in a direction parallel to the longitudinal extent of the track. The blocking device further includes a clamping lever that is rotatably arranged on the base and has a handpiece and an eccentric part. The eccentric part acts on the clamping side for displacing the clamping block.