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Display workstation
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Inventors: Barr, Millard G.; Barrett, William H.; Braidt, Joseph W.; Driscoll, John F.; Gregory, Joseph A.; Lucente, Samuel A.; Remsburger, Louis J.;
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
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Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
A display workstation comprising a display monitor including an image display device mounted on a base by a mechanism permitting adjustment of the angle of tilt of the image display device, the tilt mechanism including a pair of support members upstanding from the base and providing a gap between the display device and the base between the support members. A cable connector housing is releasably retained in the gap between the support members. Individual cables from peripheral input devices extend to the front of and are releasably coupled to the housing, and a further cable is also coupled to the housing and extends from the rear thereof to a separate display control unit. The housing contains circuits providing electrical connection between the peripheral device cables and the control unit cable. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION We claim: 1.
A display workstation comprising a display monitor, having a viewing screen, a cable connector means releasably coupled to the monitor in a position below the viewing screen, a plurality of input devices with individual cables which extend to and are releasably coupled to the cable connector means, a separate display control unit, and at least one further cable coupled to the cable connector means and extending therefrom to the control unit, the cable connector means providing electrical connections between the input device cables and the cable to the control unit.
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A display workstation according to claim 1, wherein the cable connector means comprises a housing, said housing containing circuit means providing said electrical connections.
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A display workstation according to claim 2, wherein the display monitor comprises an image display device mounted on a base by a mechanism permitting adjustment of an angle of tilt of the image display device, a tilt mechanism including a pair of support members upstanding from the base and providing a gap between the image display device and the base between the support members, and wherein the housing is located in said gap between the support members.
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A workstation according to claim 3, wherein said housing further comprises means for slidably removing said housing from between said support members and means for retaining said input device cables, said retaining means operable to release said device cables only after said housing has been removed from between said support members.
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A workstation according to claim 4, wherein said housing further comprises a base portion and a hinged lid attached to said base portion, said lid having openings therein on one end thereof, said openings being large enough to permit passage for said input device cables but smaller than cable connectors attached to said input device cables to prevent release of said cables when said lid in closed to said base portion.
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A workstation according to claim 2, wherein the circuit means in the housing includes means to change the format of data supplied by at least one input device
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