Ophthalmoscopic camera

Claim 1

AN OPHTHALMOSCOPIC CAMERA APPARATUS COMPRISING: A FIRST LIGHT SOURCE FOR OBSERVATIONAL PURPOSE; A SECOND LIGHT SOURCES FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PURPOSE, BOTH SAID LIGHT SOURCES HAVING OPTICAL PATHS WHICH ARE JOINED CONFLUENTLY INTO A COMMON OPTICAL PATH TO THE OBJECT EYEBALL TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED; A GROUP OF MIRRORS DISPOSED IN THE END PORTION OF SAID COMMON OPTICAL PATH IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE OBJECT EYEBALL, AND WHICH CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE CONCAVE MIRROR FOR CONCENTRATING LIGHT AT LEAST WALL OF THE OBJECT EYEBALL, SAID CONCAVE MIRROR BEING SO SET AT AN ANGLE TO THE OPTICAL PATH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAID FLAT MIRRORS, THAT THE INTERFERENCE OF RAYS OTHER THAN THOSE REFLECTED BY THE RETINAL AREA OF THE EYE IS PREVENTED; A CAMERA SYSTEM WHICH RECEIVES LIGHT REFLECTED FROM THE SAID RETINAL WALL IN REVERSE DIRECTION THROUGH THE SAME SAID GROUP OF MIRRORS; OPTICAL MEANS POSITIONED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE OPTICAL PATHS OF THE SAID LIGHT SOURCES AND THE SAID CAMERA SYSTEM, AND WHICH DIRECTS ILLUMINATING LIGHT TOWARD THE OBJECT BY WAY OF THE SAID GROUP OF MIRRORS AND DIRECTS REFLECTED LIGHT FROM THE OBJECT TOWARD THE SAID CAMERA SYSTEM; AND SHUTTER MEANS FOR EXPOSING THE FILM IN SAID CAMERA SYSTEM, THE SAID SHUTTER MEANS INCLUDING SYNCHRONIZATION MEANS FOR SWITCHING THE OBJECT ILLUMINATION FORM THE AFORESAID FIRST LIGHT SOURCE TO THE AFORESAID SECOND LIGHT SOURCE IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE EXPOSURE OPERATION AND INCLUDING A VIEWING SECTION DISPOSED SO AS TO RECEIVE LIGHT RAYS ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO THE LIGHT RAYS ENTERING SAID CAMERA SYSTEM, FIRST SWINGING FLAT MIRROR MEANS DISPOSED SO AS TO DIRECT LIGHT WHEN IN ONE POSITION INTO SAID VIEWING SECTION AND IN A SECOND POSITION INTO SAID CAMERA SECTION, SECOND SWINGING FLAT MIRROR MEANS AT SAID CONFLUENT JUNCTION DISPOSED SO AS TO DIRECT LIGHT FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND SOURCE ALONG SAID COMMON PATH, SAID FIRST AND SECOND SWINGING MIRRORS MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO SAID SYNCHRONIZATION MEANS.