Patent · US Expired

Overhead projector

US4968134A · kind A · utility

13Cited by
3References
10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 16, 1989
Grant dateNov 6, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 16, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S353/03
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An overhead projector comprises, a main body, a light source disposed in the main body for emitting a light, a Fresnel lens disposed on an upper surface of the main body, an internal mirror for reflecting the emitted light toward the Fresnel lens, disposed rotatably in the main body such that a portion of the internal mirror is protruded from a bottom of the main body to an outside of the main body upon a use of the projector and is accommodated in the main body upon a non-use of the projector, an arm connected with the main body at one longitudinal end thereof, a projection lens held by the other longitudinal end of the arm for focusing the reflected light which has passed through the Fresnel lens and an original for a projection placed on the Fresnel lens, and a projection mirror for directing the focused light from the projection lens toward a screen.

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