Method and apparatus for adjusting and mounting optical components in optical instruments

US4496416A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Stiftung · DE

Inventors

• Meinrad Machler · Oakville, CA
• Richard Sachse · Königsbronn, DE
• Horst Stacklies · Greding, DE
• Achim Schindler · Oberkochen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 1983
• Grant date: Jan 29, 1985
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2003

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/1744
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

For the adjustment and mounting of an optical component in an optical instrument, the optical component is held by an adjusting device not forming part of the instrument. After the adjusting process is completed, the component is attached to the instrument by a liquid or pasty substance which solidifies with slight change in volume. The optical component or its mount and the instrument are so developed that a form-locked, force-locked, or adherence-locked attachment is produced between them. The adjusting process can be made objective by a position-resolving receiver; the evaluation of the adjustment image and the carrying out of the adjustment movements can be effected by a computer which can also carry out the entire adjustment process completely automatically. After the firm attachment of the optical component to the instrument, the adjusting device is removed.