| 摘要 |
A tripod assembly having a collet portion (3) comprising a cup-shaped collet (11) fixed to an upper end of a vertically movable body (1) vertically movable relative to a connecting portion (51,52) to which upper ends of the legs of a tripod assembly are pivotally coupled. The collet is flexible and is formed with plural slits extending radially. The collet receives a semispherical bowl leveler (16) as making contact with a semispherical surface of the bowl leveler at a cup-shaped inside surface thereof. The bowl leveler is combined with the collet portion by means of a bolt (19) and is free to tilt back/forth and sideways as guided by the collet. An upper end portion of the vertically movable body is provided with a collar at place outside the collet, the collar vertically movable relative to the vertically movable body. The collar includes an abutment portion on an inside surface thereof, the abutment portion capable of being abutted against an outside surface of the collet, so as to fix the bowl leverer in a horizontal position. |
