Optical component exchanger and method
US5397898A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 2, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01J3/453
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for the exchange of an optical component 20 is proposed in which a storage housing 1 exhibits a lower opening with a first gate means 21 adapted for sealing the lower opening. A second stopping means 6 attached to a driving means 5 and a first stop attached to the storage housing 1 are adapted to assume two states, a first state in which a optical component 20 is completely within the storage housing 1, and a second state in which an optical component 20 is completely removed from the storage housing 1. A pivoted mounting 4 of a lifting means 2 onto the driving means 5 in combination with a rotation of said driving means 5 allows for the force of gravity to guide the removal and introduction of the optical component 20 out of and into a spectrometer housing 24.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.