Patent · US Expired

Structure of needle-type lens

US5179620A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 1991
Grant dateJan 12, 1993
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B23/26
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A needle type lens structure comprises, an inner tube having a relay lens inserted therein, an outer tube mounted around an outer periphery of the inner tube in concentric relation thereto with a predetermined gap, and light transmitting device, for guiding illumination light to the distal end of the needle type lens, provided axially between the inner tube and the outer tube.

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