Support system for a telescope mirror
US4775230A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 1987 |
| Grant date | Oct 4, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2007 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B23/16
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A support system includes a passive hydraulic mounting with branched loads and an active mounting by means of which additional forces can be applied to the support points. The mirror is actively deformed with the aid of these additional forces. The additional forces for the active mounting are produced by a purposeful variation of the surfaces or radii of pressure plates on which the mirror rests at the support points.
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