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Wedge immersed thermistor bolometers

Assignee: Barnes Engineering Co
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Filing: 1961-08-29
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Granted: 1964-01-21
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Expires: 1981-08-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Marc G Dreyfus

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 13:11
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01J; G01J1/00; G01J1/02; G01J1/0204; G01J1/0209; G01J1/04; G01J1/0407; G01J1/0422; G01J1/0477; G01J5/00; G01J5/02; G01J5/04; G01J5/046; G01J5/08; G01J5/0815; G01J5/0879; G01J5/0881; G01J5/0884; H; H01; H01C; H01C7/00; H01C7/04; G01J5/10; G01J5/20

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 119 words
IN AN INSTRUMENT HAVING A FIELD STOP AND AN ENTRANCE PUPIL THE PRODUCT OF THE ASPECT RATIOS OF FIELD STOP AND ENTRANCE PUPIL DEPARTING SIGNIFICANTLY FROM UNITY, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES IN OPTICAL ALIGNMENT TO RECEIVE RADIATION PASSING THROUGH THE FIELD STOP, (A) A WEDGE SHAPED IMMERSION LENS THE FRONT SURFACE OF WHICH HAS AN ASPECT RATIO ALONG OTHOGONAL MERIDIANS DIFFERING FROM UNITY, THE LONG MERIDIAN BEING PARALLEL TO THE LONG DIMENSION OF THE FIELD STOP, THE LENS HAVING WEDGE SURFACES TAPERING FROM THE SMALLER MERIDIAN TO A NARROWED REAR SURFACE, (B) THE WEDGE SURFACES BEING BOUNDED BY MATERIAL OF LOWER REFRACTIVE INDEX THAN THE LENS MATERIAL, AND (C) AT LEAST ONE RADIATION DETECTOR IMMERSED ON THE TAPERED EDGE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 119 words
IN AN INSTRUMENT HAVING A FIELD STOP AND AN ENTRANCE PUPIL THE PRODUCT OF THE ASPECT RATIOS OF FIELD STOP AND ENTRANCE PUPIL DEPARTING SIGNIFICANTLY FROM UNITY, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES IN OPTICAL ALIGNMENT TO RECEIVE RADIATION PASSING THROUGH THE FIELD STOP, (A) A WEDGE SHAPED IMMERSION LENS THE FRONT SURFACE OF WHICH HAS AN ASPECT RATIO ALONG OTHOGONAL MERIDIANS DIFFERING FROM UNITY, THE LONG MERIDIAN BEING PARALLEL TO THE LONG DIMENSION OF THE FIELD STOP, THE LENS HAVING WEDGE SURFACES TAPERING FROM THE SMALLER MERIDIAN TO A NARROWED REAR SURFACE, (B) THE WEDGE SURFACES BEING BOUNDED BY MATERIAL OF LOWER REFRACTIVE INDEX THAN THE LENS MATERIAL, AND (C) AT LEAST ONE RADIATION DETECTOR IMMERSED ON THE TAPERED EDGE.

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