What we claim is:
1. A portable image display having data communication means, which comprises a speaker portion for catching sounds, a microphone portion for picking up sounds, an image display device and a viewing optical system for forming an exit pupil to view an image displayed on the image display device and having a generally positive refracting power, wherein:
said viewing optical system is constructed of at least one prism member comprising an entrance surface through which a light beam emanating from said image display device is entered into a prism, at least one reflecting surface at which said light beam is reflected within the prism and an exit surface through which said light beam leaves the prism wherein said at least one reflecting surface has a curved surface shape for imparting power to a light beam, said curved surface shape being defined by a rotationally asymmetric surface shape capable of making correction for decentration aberrations.
2. A portable image display having data communication means, which comprises an image display device and a viewing optical system for forming an exit pupil to view an image displayed on the image display device and having a generally positive refracting power, wherein:
said viewing optical system comprises a prism portion and a reflecting portion having a reflecting surface,
said image display device and said prism portion are received in a body of said portable image display,
said reflecting portion is held by a separate frame member, and
said frame member is receivable in said body.
3. A portable image display having data communication means, which comprises a speaker portion for catching sounds, a microphone portion for picking up sounds, an image display device, a viewing optical system for forming an exit pupil to view an image displayed on the image display device and having a generally positive refracting power, an image pickup device and an image pickup optical system for forming an image on the image pickup device, wherein:
said viewing optical system is constructed of at least one prism member.
4. A portable image display having data communication means, which comprises a first image display device having a pixel pitch Pm, a second image display device having a pixel pitch Pn and a viewing optical system for forming an exit pupil to view an image displayed on the first image display device and having a generally positive refracting power, and satisfies the following condition (1).
0.01 <PmPn <0.8 . . . (1)
5. A portable image display having data communication means, which comprises a data storage means, a means for indicating the end of data reception, an imaege display device and a viewing optical system for forming an exit pupil to view an image displayed on the image display device and having a generally positive refracting power.
6. The portable image display according to any one of claims 2 to 5, wherein:
said viewing optical system comprises at least one prism member comprising an entrance surface through which a light beam emanating from said image display device is entered into a prism, at least one reflecting surface at which said light beam is reflected within the prism and an exit surface through which said light beam leaves the prism wherein said at least one reflecting surface has a curved surface shape for imparting power to a light beam, said curved surface shape being defined by a rotationally asymmetric surface shape capable of making correction for decentration aberrations.
7. The portable image display according to claim 5, wherein the prism member used for said viewing optical system comprises at least two surfaces for reflecting a light beam within a prism.
8. The portable image display according to claim 7, which comprises at least two surfaces for reflecting a light beam within the prism, said at least two surfaces being each defined by a rotationally asymmetric surface shape.
9. The portable image display according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which further comprises a data storage means.
10. The portable image display according to claim 9, wherein said storage means is built in the body thereof.
11. The portable image display according to any one of claims 1 to 5, which further comprises a light source for illuminating said image display device and an illumination optical system for illuminating said image display device.
12. The portable image display according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein when an image on said image display device is viewed, said image is turned on the basis of whether the body of said portable image display is held by the right hand or the left hand.
13. The portable image display according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said microphone portion for picking up sounds extends from the body of said portable image display.
14. The portable image display according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said speaker portion for catching sounds extends from the body of said portable image display.
15. The portable image display according to claim 1, wherein a viewing unit including said viewing optical system is mechanically coupled to a body thereof, and said viewing optical system is receivable in said body.
16. The portable image display according to claim 1 or 2, wherein when said viewing optical system is received in said body, a surface thereof through which a light beam emanating from said image display device leaves is concealed from the outside.
17. The portable image display according to claim 2, wherein the reflecting surface of said reflecting portion has a curved surface shape for imparting power to a light beam, said curved surface shape being defined by a rotationally asymmetric surface shape capable of making correction of decentration aberrations.
18. The portable image display according to claim 4, which further satisfies the following condition (2):
0.01 < SmSm < 0.5 … (2)
where Sm is a display area of said first image display device, and Sn is a display area of said second image display device.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A self-climbing perimetric protection system for construction works in buildings, said system comprising at least one module comprising:
at least two masts spaced apart from one another, each mast of the at least two masts being formed by a first vertical channel iron and a second vertical channel iron, wherein the first and the second vertical channel irons respectively have a U-shaped cross section comprising a central section and a pair of side sections, wherein a first mast of the at least two masts is constructed such that said central section of the first vertical channel iron of the first mast faces said central section of the second vertical channel iron of the first mast, and the pair of side sections of the first vertical channel iron of the first mast extends opposite to the pair of side sections of the second vertical channel iron of the first mast, and wherein a second mast of the at least two masts is constructed such that said central section of the first vertical channel iron of the second mast faces said central section of the second vertical channel iron of the second mast, and the pair of side sections of the first vertical channel iron of the second mast extends opposite to the pair of side sections of the second vertical channel iron of the second mast;
a vertical protection panel attached to the at least two masts;
a plurality of pairs of support elements arranged in different horizontal planes between the first and the second vertical channel irons of the first and the second masts of the at least two masts for supporting the at least two masts during a phase of a hoisting process for hoisting the at least two masts and during a working phase;
a plurality of pairs of anchors configured to be immobilized at different heights in a building in which the system is used, so that the plurality of pairs of anchors guide the at least two masts, wherein each anchor of the plurality of pairs of anchors comprises:
an anchoring frame; and
a guiding head coupled to the anchoring frame, wherein the guiding head comprises:
a pair of mobile horizontal claws, wherein, in a closed position, a first mobile horizontal claw of the pair of mobile horizontal claws braces one side section of the pair of side sections of the first vertical channel iron, which is adjacent to the guiding head, of a respective one mast of the at least two masts, and a second mobile horizontal claw of the pair of mobile horizontal claws braces one side section of the pair of side sections of the second vertical channel iron, which is adjacent to the guiding head, of the one mast of the at least two masts;
a bearing rocker comprising a front part adjacent to the one mast of the at least two masts to which the guiding head is braced, an intermediate part traversed by a horizontal rotation shaft, and a rear part, the bearing rocker being configured to rotate in a vertical plane between a working position, in which said front part supports one support element of the plurality of pairs of support elements that is adjacent to the guiding head, and a release position, in which said front part is positioned from the one of the at least two masts to which the guiding head is braced, to allow at least the one support element of the plurality of pairs of support elements that is adjacent to the guiding head to pass during the hoisting process;
a stop element, wherein, when in the working position, the rear part of the bearing rocker abuts against the stop element; and
a pair of side plates which are attached to one another by an upper horizontal plate and a lower horizontal plate located in respective horizontal recesses of the pair of side plates;
wherein each mobile horizontal claw of the pair of mobile horizontal claws comprises a first end part, the first and second mobile horizontal claws being articulated with one another at a common vertical rotation shaft, wherein the common vertical rotation shaft traverses a vertical opening in said upper horizontal plate, a vertical opening in said lower horizontal plate, and a vertical opening in said first end part of each of said first and second mobile horizontal claws;
each mobile horizontal claw of the pair of mobile horizontal claws further comprising a central part having a vertical through-hole, the vertical through-holes of the first and second mobile horizontal claws capable of being aligned and traversed by a vertical locking element which keeps the pair of mobile horizontal claws in the closed position;
each mobile horizontal claw of the pair of mobile horizontal claws further comprising a free second end part, the free second end parts of the pair of mobile horizontal claws being configured to brace the one side section of each of the pair of vertical channel irons of the one mast of the at least two masts that is adjacent to the guiding head when the pair of mobile horizontal claws is in the closed position, thus forming a guidance passage for a vertical movement of the one of the at least two masts;
wherein at least one pair of anchors of the plurality of pairs of anchors is arranged in a horizontal plane, and the guiding heads of the at least one pair of anchors hold onto said at least two masts when in said hoisting process and when in the working phase.
2. The system according to claim 1, wherein each side plate of the pair of side plates comprises an opening, and wherein the anchoring frame comprises a pair of vertical lugs having openings, the pair of vertical lugs being coupled to the side plates of the guiding head by a connecting bolt traversing straight through the openings in each of the pair of side plates and in each of the pair of vertical lugs.
3. The system according to claim 2, wherein each side plate of the pair of side plates comprises a rear projecting part, and wherein the connecting bolt traverses the respective rear projecting part of each side plate of the pair of side plates.
4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the pair of vertical lugs externally brace the rear projecting parts of each side plate of the pair of side plates.
5. The system according to claim 4, wherein each of the pair of vertical lugs comprises an upper edge, which abuts upon a bearing rib laterally emerging from each side plate of the pair of side plates, wherein each of the pair of vertical lugs further comprises a lower part that inclines backwards, wherein a horizontal locking stop is attached across each lower part of the pair of vertical lugs, said horizontal locking stop abutting upon rear lower sections of the pair of side plates.
6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the common vertical rotation shaft and the vertical locking element for the pair of mobile horizontal claws are respectively a first arm and a second arm of a double bolt.
7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the free second end part of the first mobile horizontal claw is provided with a vertical notch in which the one of the side sections of the first vertical channel iron is housed, and the free second end part of the second mobile horizontal claw is provided with a vertical notch in which the one of the side sections of the second vertical channel iron is housed, in said closed position.
8. The system according to claim 1, wherein, in the at least one module:
each side plate of the pair of side plates of the guiding head respectively comprises a front projecting part emerging in a direction toward the one of the side sections of the first vertical channel iron and the one of the side sections of the second vertical channel iron, and the horizontal rotation shaft of the bearing rocker is arranged therebetween;
in said working position of the bearing rocker, the front part of the bearing rocker at least partially projects horizontally from the front projecting parts of said pair of side plates between said pair of mobile horizontal claws; and
each support element of the plurality of pairs of support elements comprises a horizontal projection configured, in said working position, to rest on the front part of the bearing rocker and to thrust said front part upwardly during said hoisting process for hoisting the at least two masts.
9. The system according to claim 1, wherein, in the at least one module, the rear part of the bearing rocker is urged by a tension spring anchored to an inclined central rib between the pair of side plates.
10. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a self-climbing device that is adapted to coupled to the one of the at least two masts and to one anchor of the plurality of pairs of anchors arranged in horizontal planes, to which the at least two masts are braced, during at least one phase of the hoisting process for hoisting the at least two masts.
11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the self-climbing device comprises:
a pair of climbing heads; and
a pair of hoist cylinders which are extensible from a retracted position to an extended position, wherein each hoist cylinder of the pair of hoist cylinders corresponds to one climbing head of the pair of climbing heads;
wherein each climbing head of the pair of climbing heads is articulated to an upper end of the corresponding hoist cylinder;
wherein a lower end of each hoist cylinder of the pair of hoist cylinders is articulated to a respective guiding head of said guiding heads;
wherein each climbing head further comprises two vertical contact plates, spaced from one another and attached at their lower ends to an attachment plate;
wherein a rotation shaft, about which a climbing rocker rotates, is arranged between the lower ends of the two vertical contact plates, and wherein the climbing rocker comprises a front part and a rear part, the climbing rocker being adapted to pivot between a hoist position, in which the rear part of the climbing rocker abuts with a first limiting element arranged between the vertical contact plates and in which the front part of the climbing rocker supports one of the support elements when each hoist cylinder of the pair of hoist cylinders extends towards said extended position during the hoisting process, and a retracted position, in which the climbing rocker rotates upwardly allowing passage of at least one of the support elements when each hoist cylinder of the pair of hoist cylinders is retracted to said retracted position; and
the attachment plate comprises a first side wing which prolongs frontally into a fixed claw and houses a vertical articulation shaft in which a mobile claw moves, and a second side wing which houses an extractable locking pin which passes through the mobile claw and locks the mobile claw in the closed position.
12. The system according to claim 11, wherein each vertical contact plate comprises a front edge facing the one of the at least two masts, with a first convex upper section and a second inclined section extending backwards between the first section and the attachment plate; and
wherein the vertical contact plates have respective protuberances with respective coupling openings for a coupling bolt to which the upper end of the corresponding hoist cylinder is coupled.