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Optical observation instrument with fiber optic image stabilizer

US4249792A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 1979
Grant dateFeb 10, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 21, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/646
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical observation instrument including on the one hand a mounting in which are mounted a convergent objective lens and a convergent eyepiece and on the other hand a disc formed of optical fibers arranged so as to reverse the image given by the objective lens and connected to the mounting by way of an articulation and held in a stable position, the front face of this disc being substantially at the focus of this objective lens.

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