Method of producing a hollow mixing rod, and a mixing rod

US6625380B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH · DE

Inventor

• Bernhard Wagner · Fellbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 7, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2003
• Expiry date: Feb 20, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/2808
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method of producing a hollow mixing rod having a hollow space of quadrangular cross-section, the following steps are carried out:producing a first and a second side part, each of which has a T-shaped cross-section comprising a crossbar and a central bar protruding therefrom, which central bar comprises a reflective end surface averted from the crossbar and, viewed in cross-section, a first and a second side surface extending from the end surface to the crossbar, wherein, at least in the first side part, the end surface and the first side surface, viewed in cross-section, converge at an angle which is not equal to 90°, producing a third and a fourth side part, each provided with a reflective, planar inner side, assembling the four side parts such that the end surfaces of the first and second side parts face each other and that the reflective inner sides of the third and fourth side parts, viewed in cross-section, extend parallel to each other and have their edge portions resting on the side surfaces of the central bars, so that the hollow space is limited by forming the quadrangular cross-section.