Technological Field:

The invention relates to rotating ceiling suspensions which enable hanging the lighting armatures, camera, sensor, monitor and similar equipment which are used in performing the diagnosis-treatment methods in the health institutions, hospitals and clinics successfully, in food sector for quality control.

State of the Art:

In the operating rooms, the adjustment and size of the operation lights are determined according to the aim and environmental conditions.

In order to fulfill the requirements in the most rational way, a number of systems are developed. The medical equipment suspension system which is mounted to the ceiling and positioned consists of arm mechanisms that carry monitor, camera and surgical lighting lamps. The arms in the system can be rotated around the axis of the system by means of small hand forces, and the other equipment named as the spring arm connected to the end of the existing arms can be positioned by moving in a vertical manner. Thus, during the operation, the operation table is illuminated from many different positions and angles and the operation is provided to be performed more properly. Since the same features are also valid for the monitor and the camera, the surgeons are allowed to perform their operations more easily.

The rotating arms are located on a hollow axle which takes the axis of the system as the axis. The required energy for the operation of the lighting fixture on the end of the arms, camera or monitor is transferred by using the hollow axle and the cables placed on the arms and the slip rings mounted on the axle. Since the slip ring is used, the arms which carry the lighting fixture have the opportunity of infinite rotation (since there is no cable jamming). There is a need for limiting the angle of rotation in order to prevent cable jamming on the arms which carry the other devices. Since the lighting fixtures can be replaced, it is an easy solution to fulfill various needs in terms of lighting. These suspension systems can be mounted on the ceilings of the operating rooms as double, triple or foursome (on a single axle) depending on the requirement of the hospitals. In an operating room which has double- arm, when a triple arm is required, the double arm is removed and the triple arm is mounted. In this approach, this invention is an impair investment.

In the United States patent document No US2014131526 (A1) encountered in the literature research made, a surgical ceiling suspension is described. The suspension described in the document comprises many connection arms. However it is not possible to remove the arms and attached thereof subsequently.

In the European patent document No EP0392303 (A1) encountered in the literature research made, a suspension system designed for providing lighting in surgical operations is described. D1 document has a similar structure and contains many rotatable arms. However, it seems impossible to remove and add the arms subsequently.

In the United States patent document No US2003160142 (A1) encountered in the literature research made, a suspension system which contains many arms is described. However, there is no statement in relation with adding or removing arms subsequently.

In the United States patent document No US2018256281 (A1) encountered in the literature research made, a support arm used in a suspension to be used in surgical operations is described. The support arm comprises an aerodynamic connection element. Therefore, mobility is provided. However, the presence of many arms, adding and removing the arms and the connection method between the arms included in our invention are not encountered herein.

Consequently, a new surgical ceiling suspension is required in which the state of the art is exceeded, the disadvantages are eliminated.

Brief Description of the Invention:

The invention is a new surgical ceiling suspension which exceeds the state of the art, eliminates the disadvantages and has some additional features. The aim of the invention is to provide a new surgical ceiling suspension system which has a modular design in which arm can be added and removed. Another aim of the invention is to provide a new ceiling suspension system which allows for adding the third, fourth or more arms to the current system instead of completely removing the system and installing a new system in case the number of arms is required to be increased.

Another aim of the invention is to provide a new ceiling suspension system in which the assembly and disassembly of the arms is easy and the assembly period is short.

Another aim of the invention is to provide a suspension system which can be applied to ceiling mounted suspension systems as well as wall mounted and portable suspension systems.

In order to fulfill all aims mentioned above and in the detailed description below the present invention is a rotatable ceiling suspension which enables hanging the lighting armatures, camera, sensor, monitor and similar equipment which are used in performing the diagnosis- treatment methods in the health institutions, hospitals and clinics successfully, in food sector for quality control, for assembling the same to the ceiling has a ceiling flange, a ceiling pipe located in the center of the ceiling flange, ceiling connection disc which enables connection between the ceiling pipe and the central axle, a central axle on which the arms and the arm connections are located, characterized in that; it comprises the attachable axle element for adding and removing a new arm to the ceiling suspension, which can be attached and removed to the bottom end of the central axle.

Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that; it comprises an attachable axle, for attaching on the bottom end of the central axle which has male screw connection on the upper end and female screw connection on lower end for adding a new added axle, has conical centering that is male on the upper end and female on the lower end that enables conical centering.

Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that; it comprises an attachable axle, for attaching on the bottom end of the central axle which has male screw connection on the upper end and female screw connection on lower end for adding a new added axle, has conical centering that is male on the upper end and female on the lower end that enables conical centering. Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that; it comprises an attachable axle which comprises screw connection with two female ends and cylindrical centering surface, to be attached to the bottom end of the central axle by means of a nipple intermediate element.

Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that; it comprises nipple intermediate element which comprises screw connection with two male ends and cylindrical centering surface, in order to assemble the attachable axle which comprises screw connection with two female ends and cylindrical centering surface to each other and to the central axle.

Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that; it comprises nipple intermediate element which comprises screw connection with two male ends and conical centering surface, in order to assemble the attachable axle which comprises screw connection with two female ends and female conical centering surface to each other and to the central axle.

Another embodiment of the invention is characterized in that; the attachable axle which is attached as much as the amount of required arms are attached to each other and to the central axis by means of at least one of methods as conical centering, central centering, central centering with nipple intermediate element and conical centering with nipple intermediate element.

Description of the Figures:

The invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, thus the characteristics of the invention will be understood clearly. However, the aim of this is not to limit the invention with such determined embodiments. On the contrary, it is aimed to cover all alternatives, amendments and equivalents which may be contained in the field defined by the accompanying claims. It is to be understood that the details shown are only shown for the sake of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and presented for both illustrating the methods and for providing description of the rules of the invention and the conceptual features of the invention to be easily understood. In these figures;

Figure - 1 is a perspective view of the inventive ceiling suspension system.

Figure - 2 is a sectional view of the inventive ceiling suspension system.

Figure 3- is the view of an attachable axle element used in the invention which is cylindrically centered, has one male end and one female end.

Figure 4- is the sectional view of the ceiling suspension system where the attachable axle element used in the invention that is cylindrically centered, has one male end and one female end is used.

Figure 5- is the view of the attachable axle element used in the invention which is conically centered, has one male end and one female end.

Figure 6- is the sectional view of the ceiling suspension system where the attachable axle element used in the invention that is conically centered, has one male end and one female end is used.

Figure 7- is the view of the attachable axle element used in the invention which is cylindrically centered, has two female ends.

Figure 9- is the view of the nipple intermediate element which is used in the invention, is cylindrically centered, and has two male ends.

Figure 9- is the view of the ceiling suspension system used in the invention in which the attachable axle that is cylindrically centered, has two female ends and the nipple intermediate element that is cylindrically centered and has two male ends are used. Figure 10- is the view of the attachable axle element used in the invention which is conically centered, has two female ends.

Figure 11- is the view of the nipple intermediate element which is used in the invention, is conically centered, and has two male ends.

Figure 12- is the view of the ceiling suspension system used in the invention in which the attachable axle that is conically centered, has two female ends and the nipple intermediate element that is conically centered and has two male ends are used.

The figures which enable to clarify this invention are enumerated as mentioned in the attached figure and they are given with their names herein below.

Description of the References:

I . Ceiling suspension system

10. Ceiling flange

I I . Ceiling pipe

12. Ceiling connection disc

13. Central axle

14. Inserted axle

15. Nipple intermediate element

20. Arm

21. Spring arm head

22. Arm connection

D. Female screw connection

E. Male screw connection

K. Conical Centering Surface

S. Cylindrical Centering Surface Description of the Invention:

In this detailed description, the inventive ceiling suspension system (1) is described by means of examples only for clarifying the subject matter such that no limiting effect is created. In the invention, a rotating ceiling suspension system (1) which enables hanging the lighting armatures, camera, sensor, monitor and similar equipment which are used in performing the diagnosis-treatment methods in the health institutions, hospitals and clinics successfully, in food sector for quality control is disclosed.

Figure - 1 is a perspective view of the inventive ceiling suspension system (1). Accordingly the ceiling suspension system (1) comprises a ceiling flange (10) which enables its assembly to the ceiling, a ceiling pipe (11) attached to the center of the ceiling flange (10), arms (20) where spring arm head (21) is located on the end portion which is attached to the ceiling pipe (11) by means of the arm connections (22). It is used by locating products such as camera, monitor, sensor, lighting armature etc. on the spring arm head (21). The distinctive feature of the invention is that the arms (20) can be attachable and removable.

Figure - 2 is a sectional view of the inventive ceiling suspension system (1). Accordingly, the ceiling suspension system (1) comprises ceiling connection discs (12) which enable the connection between the ceiling pipe (11) and the arms (20). In the axis of the ceiling connection discs (12), there is a central axle (13). Two arms (20) are attached to the central axle (13) by means of the arm connections (22) in the invention. The attachable axle (14) is attached to the central axle (13) and the number of arms (20) can be provided as three, four and more. The arms (20) which are attachable with the help of the attachable axle (14) can be removed easily.

In Figure 3, an alternative view of the attachable axle (14) element used in the invention is given. The attachable axle (14) comprises a male screw connection (E) at the upper end and a female screw connection (D) at the bottom. The attachable axle (14) enables cylindrical centered connection by means of the cylindrical centering surface (S) which is male on the upper end and female on the lower end.

In Figure 4, the sectional view of the ceiling suspension system (1) used in the invention where the attachable axle (14) element which is cylindrically centered (S), has one male end (E) and one female end (D) is used is given. Accordingly, the attachable axle (14) can be mounted from the male screw connection (E) to the central axle (13) in a cylindrical centered manner. If the arm (20) is required to be increased more, again a newly attached axle (14) is mounted from the male screw connection (E) end by attaching it to the female screw connection (D) end of the attachable axle (14). Therefore, the number of the arms (20) can be increased or decreased.

In Figure 5, an alternative view of the attachable axle (14) element used in the invention is given. The attachable axle (14) comprises a male screw connection (E) at the upper end and a female screw connection (D) at the bottom. The added axle (14) provides conical centered connection by means of the male and female conical centering surfaces (K) that it has on the upper and lower ends respectively.

In Figure 6, the sectional view of the ceiling suspension system (1) used in the invention where the attachable axle (14) element that is conically centered (K), has one male end (E) and one female end (D) is used is given. Accordingly, the attachable axle (14) can be mounted from the male screw connection (E) to the central axle (13) in a conically centered manner. If the number of the arms (20) is required to be increased, again a newly added axle (14) is mounted from the male screw connection (E) end by attaching it to the female screw connection (D) end of the added axle (14). Therefore, the number of the arms (20) can be increased or decreased.

In Figure 7, an alternative view of the attachable axle (14) used with the nipple intermediate element (15) in the invention is given. The axle (14) attached according to the figure comprises female screw connection (D) on both sides. Both of its ends comprise a female cylindrical centering surface (S) to allow for cylindrical centering. The connection between the axles (13, 14) is only possible in this case by means of using a nipple intermediate element (15). However, it is an important detail in the invention for providing addition and removal of an arm (20).

In Figure 8, an alternative view of the nipple intermediate element (15) used in the invention is given. Accordingly, the nipple intermediate element (15) is an element which comprises a screw connection with two male ends (E) and male cylindrical centering surface (S). It serves as the male element which provides the connection between the attachable axles (14). The connection is in the cylindrical centering form. In Figure 9, the sectional view of the ceiling suspension system (1) which has a cylindrical centering connection provided by the nipple intermediate element (15) and attachable axles (14). The connection between the attachable axle (14) and the central axle (13) can be provided by means of a nipple intermediate element (15). Therefore, an arm (20) can be attachable to the suspension system (1). For an additional arm (20), the number of the arms (20) can be increased by means of attaching one more nipple intermediate element (15) to the female screw connection (D) on the lower end of the attachable axle (14) and adding one more attachable axle (14) to the lower male end (E) of the nipple intermediate element (15). The connection is provided by means of the cylindrical centering.

In Figure 10, another alternative view of the attachable axle (14) used with the nipple intermediate element (15) in the invention is given. The axle (14) attached according to the figure comprises female screw connection (D) on both sides. Both of its ends comprise a female conical centering surface (K) to allow for conical centering. The connection between the axles (13, 14) is only possible in this case by means of using an intermediate element (15).

In Figure 11 , an alternative of the nipple intermediate element (15) used in the invention is given. Accordingly, the nipple intermediate element (15) is an element which comprises a screw connection with two male ends (E) and male conical centering surface (K). It serves as the male element which provides the connection between the attachable axles (14). The connection is in the conical centering form.

In Figure 12, the sectional view of the ceiling suspension system (1) which has a conical centering connection provided by the nipple intermediate element (15) and attachable axles (14). The connection between the attachable axle (14) and the central axle (13) can be provided by means of a nipple intermediate element (15). Thus, one arm (20) can be attached to the suspension (1).

For an additional arm (20), the number of the arms (20) can be increased by means of attaching one more nipple intermediate element (15) to the female screw connection (D) on the lower end of the attachable axle (14) and adding one more attachable axle (14) to the lower male end (E) of the nipple intermediate element (15). The connection is enabled by means of a conical centering. It is possible to add and remove arm (20) to the ceiling suspension (1) by the invention. The addition of the attachable axle (14) elements can be provided by means of using any of the connection methods for adding arm (20) as cylindrical (central) centering, conical centering, central centering with the nipple intermediate element (15) and conical centering with the nipple intermediate element (15). The adding process may be realized by means of different variations such as single arms (20), double arms (20) adding and similar different variations as well as by variations such as adding to the double arm (20), adding to the triple arm (20).