Infrared energy tracking system comprising oscillatory scanner

Claim 1

AN OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE COMPRISING A MAGNETIC STRUCTURE, A COIL DISPOSED WITHIN THE MAGNETIC FIELD OF SAID MAGNETIC STRUCTURE AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A SIGNAL FROM A SOURCE OF ENERGY, A HOUSING CONTAINING SAID MAGNETIC STRUCTURE AND SAID COIL, A PLURALITY OF REFLECTING MEMBERS, FIRST RESILIENT MEANS COUPLING ONE END OF EACH SAID REFLECTING MEMBERS TO SAID HOUSING, SECOND RESILIENT MEANS COUPLING THE OTHER END OF EACH SAID REFLECTING MEMBERS TO SAID COIL, SAID FIRST AND SECOND RESILIENT MEANS DISPOSING EACH SAID REFLECTING MEMBER IN ANGULAR RELATION TO THE AXIS OF SAID MAGNETIC STRUCTURE AND EQUALLY SPACED ABOUT SAID AXIS WITH THE REFLECTING SURFACES OF SAID REFLECTING MEMBERS DIRECTED AWAY FROM SAID AXIS, A PLURALITY OF INFRARED DETECTORS, MEANS SUPPORTING SAID INFRARED DETECTORS ABOUT SAID AXIS, EACH SAID DETECTOR BEING IN OPPOSED AND COACTING RELATION TO A CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID REFLECTING MEMBERS, WHEREBY ANY RADIATION RECEIVED BY EACH SAID REFLECTING MEMBER FROM A SOURCE OF RADIATION WILL BE REFLECTED BY SAID REFLECTING MEMBER ON TO THE SURFACE OF THE COACTING DETECTOR, AND WHEN SAID COIL IS ENERGIZED BY SAID SIGNAL AND MOVES IN A RECIPROCATING MOTION ALONG SAID AXIS, SAID REFLECTING MEMBERS WILL MOVE IN AN OSCILLATORY MOTION IN UNISON WITH THE MOVEMENT OF SAID COIL.