The present invention relates to a flat display drive apparatus capable of driving a flat display such as a liquid crystal display or a plasma display to swivel to the left and right in the horizontal direction, move up and down in the vertical direction, and tilt (bend, lean) in the back-and-forth direction.
A conventional drive apparatus for driving a flat display serves to swivel a flat display to the left and right in the horizontal direction by means of an electric motor, and also tilt the flat display in the back-and-forth direction by means of an electric motor (refer to, for example, Japanese Patent Published Application Nos. 2004-258055 and 2004-304679)
On the other hand, there are a display which is swivelled to the left and right in the horizontal direction by hand and tilted in the back-and-forth direction by hand (refer to, for example, Japanese Patent Published Application No. 2005-208080), and a display which is moved up and down in the vertical direction by hand and tilted in the back-and-forth direction by hand (refer to, for example, Japanese Patent Published Application No. 2005-300922).
However, none of the conventional apparatuses as described above can drive a flat display to swivel to the left and right in the horizontal direction, move up and down in the vertical direction, and tilt in the back-and-forth direction, while any of the three types of motion is performed by making use of an electric motor.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a drive apparatus capable of driving a flat display to swivel to the left and right in the horizontal direction, move up and down in the vertical direction, and tilt in the back-and-forth direction, and in addition to this, capable of driving the flat display in these types of motion easily and surely by means of an electric motor.
According to the present invention, there is provided an drive apparatus for supporting a flat display at the bottom thereof and driving the flat display to swivel to the left and right in the horizontal direction comprising: an electric motor for rotation which is mounted on a base plate for rotation; and a reduction gear train for rotation which serves to reduce the rotation and swivel the flat display to the left and right in the horizontal direction. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an drive apparatus for supporting a flat display at the bottom thereof and tilting the flat display in the back-and-forth direction comprising: an electric motor for tilting motion which is mounted on a base plate for tilting motion; and a reduction gear train for tilting motion which serves to reduce the rotation and tilt the flat display in the back-and-forth direction. According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided an drive apparatus for supporting a flat display at the bottom thereof and moving up and down the flat display in the vertical direction comprising: an electric motor for elevator motion which is mounted on an up-down base plate; and a reduction gear train for elevator motion which serves to reduce the rotation and move up and down the flat display. Furthermore, in one embodiment, said electric motor is remotely controlled by a remote control or the like.
In accordance with the flat display drive apparatus of the present invention, there are advantages in that it is possible not only to drive the flat display to swivel to the left and right in the horizontal direction, move up and down in the vertical direction, and tilt in the back-and-forth direction at the same time, but also to drive the flat display in these types of motion easily and surely by means of an electric motor.
Next, examples of the drive apparatuses in accordance with the present invention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The above fifth gear 3e has an output rotary shaft 3f to which is fixedly attached a rotation regulating plate 3g as illustrated in
An base plate 4 for elevator motion (refer to
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An output screw shaft 6d for elevator motion is integrally fixed to the above third gear 6c. The output screw shaft 6d for elevator motion is formed with threads reversely spiraling to the right and left from the center thereof in the longitudinal direction. The respective threads are threaded into slide frames 7, 7 respectively as illustrated in
Reference 9 indicates is a pantograph type elevator structure having lower ends pivotally connected to the slide frames 7, 7 and upper ends pivotally connected to the elevation side flames 10, 10. Accordingly, the elevation side flames 10, 10 are moved up and down, i.e., rise and fall in association with the motion of the slide frames 7, 7, such that the flat display D is moved up or down together with the tilt driving unit C.
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An output screw shaft 13d for tilting motion is integrally fixed to the above third gear 13c. The output screw shaft 13d for tilting motion is threaded into a moving piece 13e which is moved up and down in association with the rotation of the output screw shaft 13d for tilting motion.
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In the case of the above embodiment 1, as an elevator means for moving the flat display D up and down, there are provided the output screw shaft for elevator motion as the output shaft of the above reduction gear train, the slide frames into which is threaded the output screw shaft for elevator motion to slide and move the slide frames, and the pantograph type elevator structure having the upper ends which are moved up and down in association with the motion of the slide frames to move up and down the base plate for tilting motion coupled to the upper ends. The elevator driving unit B is interposed as the elevator means between the rotation driving unit A and the tilt driving unit C. However, in the case of the present embodiment 2, the tilt driving unit C is mounted on the rotation driving unit A, and an elevator driving unit B′ is mounted on the tilt driving unit C as illustrated in
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The above elevator driving unit B′ is provided with an up-down base plate 17 which is fixedly mounted to the tilting plate 14 of the above tilt driving unit C. As apparent also from
A up-down slide frame 20 is provided between the right and left guide frames 18, and fixedly connected to and supported by the ends of the constant force spring constons 19 at lower positions thereof such that it can be moved in the vertical direction. The up-down slide frame 20 is provided at its upper end with a display attachment frame 21 on which the flat display D can be fixedly mounted.
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Meanwhile, in the case of the above embodiments 1 and 2, the tilting means for tilting motion the tilting plate is composed of the output screw shaft for tilting motion as the output shaft of the reduction gear train for tilting motion, and the moving piece which is moved up and down by the output screw shaft for tilting motion threaded thereinto. However, the tilting means of the present invention is not limited thereto.
In addition, the respective electric motors 2, 5, 12 and 27 are remotely controlled by wired or wireless means.
While there are provided in the case of the above embodiments 1 and 2 the respective mechanisms for rotary motion in the horizontal direction, tilting motion in the back-and-forth direction and elevator motion in the up-and-down direction, it is possible to make use of only one mechanism or combination of two mechanisms. In this case, if only the horizontal rotation mechanism is implemented in the embodiment 1, the flat display D is connected directly to the regulating plate 3g as described above. Alternatively, if there is combined only the horizontal rotation mechanism and the back-and-forth tilting mechanism, the flat display D is connected directly to the tilting plate. Furthermore, if only the back-and-forth tilting mechanism is implemented, the mechanism is connected directly to the base plate, and the display D is connected directly to the tilting plate, while dispensing with the horizontal rotation mechanism and the up-and-down elevator mechanism. Still further, if there is combined only the back-and-forth tilting mechanism and the up-and-down elevator mechanism, the mechanisms are connected to the base plate, while dispensing with the horizontal rotation mechanism located below the rotary plate. Still further, if only the up-and-down elevator mechanism is implemented, the mechanism is connected directly to the base plate, while dispensing with the horizontal rotation mechanism and the back-and-forth tilting mechanism.
In the case of the embodiment 2, if only the horizontal rotation mechanism is implemented, the flat display D is connected directly to the base plate 4 for elevator motion. Still further, if there is combined only the horizontal rotation mechanism and the back-and-forth tilting mechanism, the flat display D is connected directly to the tilting plate 14. Still further, if only the back-and-forth tilting mechanism, the mechanism is connected directly to the base plate, and the display D is connected directly to the tilting plate 14, while dispensing with the horizontal rotation mechanism located below the base plate 4 for elevator motion and the up-and-down elevator mechanism. Still further, if there is combined only the back-and-forth tilting mechanism and the up-and-down elevator mechanism, the mechanisms are connected to the base plate, while dispensing with the horizontal rotation mechanism located below the base plate 4 for elevator motion. Still further, if only the up-and-down elevator mechanism is implemented, the mechanism is connected directly to the base plate, while dispensing with the mechanisms located below the tilting plate 14 as described above.
While the present invention has been described in terms of embodiments, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the embodiments described. The present invention can be practiced with modification and alteration within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. The description is thus to be regarded as illustrative instead of limiting in any way on the present invention.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2006-216454 | Aug 2006 | JP | national |