Patents Assigned to Victoria Alice Miller
  • Supports for cameras
    Patent number: 4044982
    Abstract: This invention relates to supports for cameras and the like on tripods. Such supports normally provide for tilting and panning of the camera. The invention is concerned with the smooth operation of the support bearings and includes means for maintaining between two relatively rotating surfaces a thin film of a suitable liquid. Further, the support bearings include a hydrostatic control means which allows for adjustment of the bearing friction drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1973
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Assignees: Victoria Alice Miller, Timothy Robert Miller
    Inventors: Jeanette Mary Miller, Robert Eric Miller
  • Supports for cameras
    Patent number: 4010923
    Abstract: This invention relates to supports for cameras and the like on tripods. Such supports normally provide for tilting and panning of the camera. The invention is concerned with the smooth operation of the support bearings and includes means for maintaining between two relatively rotating surfaces a thin film of a suitable liquid and means for adjusting the thickness of the liquid film between the rotating surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1977
    Assignees: Timothy Robert Miller, Victoria Alice Miller
    Inventors: Jeanette Mary Miller, Robert Eric Miller
  • Slipping clutch
    Patent number: 3958787
    Abstract: The present invention relates to slipping pan clutches for cameras and the like, the clutch allowing slipping disengagement of the camera or the like from damped panning operation on a sudden or quick panning movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1976
    Assignees: Victoria Alice Miller, Timothy Robert Miller
    Inventors: Jeanette Mary Miller, Robert Eric Miller