Stand for mounting various loads

US5667186A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Stiftung · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Luber · Oberkochen, DE
• Martin Pelzer · Zang, DE
• Heinz Jakubowski · Oberkochen, DE
• Arvids Mackevics · Aalen, DE
• Annette Reiss · Heidenheim, DE
• Jurgen Schweizer · Balingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 1994
• Grant date: Sep 16, 1997
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16M2200/063
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A stand is provided for mounting various loads and is balanced at least partially automatically. The stand includes a plurality of interconnected elements defining one or more axes about which the stand is movable. An open-loop or closed-loop control circuit is provided for at least one of the axes and detects the unbalanced state about the one axis. The control circuit allows a torque compensating device to operate on the one axis until a state of equilibrium is obtained.