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Build your own stabilizer for under $25.(How To)(camera stabilizer)
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Camcorder & Computer Video
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April 1, 2005
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- Benford, Tom
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 Miller Magazines, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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You've probably walked across the room holding a cup of coffee thousands of times without ever spilling a drop, right? But have you ever wondered why or how you were able to keep the liquid in its container? The answer is surprisingly simple: your arm, elbow and wrist all work in concert as a shock absorber to stabilize the cup you were carrying. And it is this principle that makes those neat (albeit expensive) commercial hand-held stabilizers work.
Now, don't get me wrong here. I'm not knocking such excellent stabilizing products as the Steadicam Jr., the GlideCam, Steady Tracker, FlowCam and others available from the major video gear suppliers nationwide for hundreds of ...
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Wisconsin Inventor Develops Piston Balancing System
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
October 13, 2006 ;
311 words
......primarily balanced by adding an oscillating counter weight mounted to the connecting rod to convert...centered along the drive shaft by a rotating counter weight. A further counter weight is mounted to the drive shaft spaced along...
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Japanese Inventors Develop Reciprocating Power Tool Vibration Reducing...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
May 22, 2008 ;
354 words
......motion converting mechanism and a counter weight. The tool bit performs a predetermined...reciprocating movement of the slider. The counter weight is provided in the motion converting mechanism. Further, the counter weight reciprocates in a direction opposite...
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BRIEF: Men caught stealing scrap metal.
Porterville Recorder (Porterville, CA);
September 21, 2007 ;
166 words
......in the act Wednesday night as they attempted to steal a counter weight from an inoperable oil pump. Tulare County Sheriff's Department...David Mabalot, 29, were trying to remove the large metal counter weight from an oil pumping station in the 10500 block of Road 236...
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Japanese Inventors Develop Elevator Power Transmission System
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 18, 2006 ;
210 words
......disposed at the hoist way and the dimension of the power receiving part mounted on the counter weight, each measured in the direction along which the counter weight moves are made different from each other." The inventors were issued U.S. Patent...
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Ohio Inventor Develops Refrigeration Compressor
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
August 25, 2008 ;
234 words
......amp; Trademark Office: "A cup-shaped shield surrounds a counter weight on the lower end of a rotor of the refrigeration compressor...The shield may also be used on a rotor without having a counter weight on the lower end thereof." The inventor was issued U.S...
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CPSC, KEARNEY-NATIONAL, HAPCO DIVISION ANNOUNCE RECALL OF FLAGPOLES
Regulatory Intelligence Data;
January 20, 2004 ;
INDSTRY GROUP 92;
242 words
......raised with no flag attached, it can allow a seven pound counter weight to drop to the ground, possibly hitting people nearby. Incidents...Injuries: Kearney-National is aware of three incidents of a counter weight falling, including with one incident resulting in a minor...
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Oklahoma Inventor Develops Ergonomic Computer Work Station
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
September 11, 2006 ;
281 words
......base that extends beneath a chair or bed. A support arm has counter weight on a first side of a pivotal mount and a work table on a...unobstructed egress from or ingress to the chair or bed. The counter weight allows for the support arm to be easily pivoted from the...
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Japanese Inventors Develop Internal Combustion Engine Height Reduction...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
May 23, 2008 ;
291 words
......crank pin connecting the piston to the crankshaft; and a counter weight that is located eccentrically with respect to the journal...rotates uniformly with the journal. A cutout through which the counter weight passes is formed in a wall of a cylinder bore that accommodates...
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Missouri Inventor Develops Seat Lifter
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
January 14, 2008 ;
315 words
......a base, spring hinge, lifting arm, cable blocks, and a counter weight. The hinge holds the base down on to the toilet with its...that pulls a cable block mounted to a lifting arm with a counter weight, which pulls the arm down, that in turn moves a spring hinge...
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SLEEP WALK ..UP A CRANE; Girl, 15, in 130ft climb.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);
July 6, 2005 ;
134 words
...Byline: By AIDAN McGURRAN A GIRL of 15 climbed up a 130ft crane in her sleep. She was found curled up on top of a concrete counter weight on the narrow metal beam late at night. A shocked passer-by saw her and called 999. A firemen crawled along the 70 ft-long...
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Work light.(Products)
Walls & Ceilings;
August 1, 2003 ;
77 words
...Wobble Light The durable, portable work light has an impact-resistant body and counter weight hemispherical base that quickly returns the light upright when knocked over. Protected by a floating shock system and bulletproof...
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Presto Lifts, Inc.(Profiles)(Advertisement)
Material Handling Product News;
January 1, 2005 ;
80 words
......equipment including the all-new P4 Hand Pallet Truck Accessible Pallet Positioner, the P3 Automatic Pallet Positioner, CW Counter Weight Stacker, XBP Battery Powered Portable Lift Table and a high lifting manual Skid Lifter. BOOTH PERSONNEL Steve Albert General...
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Flagpoles recalled.
United Press International;
January 21, 2004 ;
116 words
......them. The Consumer Product Safety Commission in Washington said the manufacturer was aware of three incidents of a 7 pound counter weight falling, including one incident that resulted in a minor injury. The flagpole was sold in hardware and flag stores nationwide...
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TRAGEDY OF CITY CRANE CRUSH DAD; CORONER TO HIGHLIGHT SAFETY FEARS AFTER...
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);
July 9, 2008 ;
393 words
......Zbignieuw Swirzynski heard he was killed after equipment failed in strong winds. The 35-year-old was crushed when a 2.4 tonne counter weight used to stabilise the crane crashed on to him on the Elysian Fields site in Colquitt Street on January 15, 2007. The inquest...
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PUBLIC NOTICES
The Journal Record;
December 23, 1992 ;
213 words
......Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102 until 9:30 A.M., on the 12th day of January, 1993, for: B3360 Upgrading of the Single Purchase Counter Weight System on the Main Hall Stage for the Civic Center Music Hall. PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14A O.S. 2-207, 1981 ARE NOT APPLICABLE...
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