Patent · US Expired

Adjustable objective holder

US4307941A · kind A · utility

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7Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 13, 1980
Grant dateDec 29, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 13, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/18888
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The adjustable objective holder for optical projectors has a focussing support formed as a single piece defining two pairs of juxtaposed walls forming a parallelogram. The walls of one pair are rigid whereas the walls in the other pair are flexible. One rigid wall is fixedly mounted to the apparatus and supports for rotation a control shaft. The opposite rigid wall has on its inner surface a control groove which engages an eccentric formed on the end of the control shaft so that during the rotation of the eccentric the flexible walls are uniformly swung and due to the parallel linkage the movable rigid wall together with the objective performs a linear movement at right angles to the transparency.

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