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US3286590A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Full circumferential viewing system

Assignee: Conductron Corp
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Filing: 1965-03-03
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Granted: 1966-11-22
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Expires: 1985-03-03
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Harry P Brueggemann

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 05:01
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B23/00; G02B23/02; G02B23/08; G02B13/00; G02B13/06; G02B19/00; G02B19/0004; G02B19/0019; G02B19/0023; G02B19/0033; G02B19/0038; G02B27/00; G02B27/01; G02B27/0101; G03; G03B; G03B15/00; G03B15/14; G03B17/00; G03B17/02; G03B17/17; G03B37/00; G02B2027/011; G02B2027/0123; G02B2027/0138; G02B5/00; G02B5/08; G02B5/10

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 175 words
A PROJECTOR FOR DISPLAYING A FULL CIRCUMFERENTIAL VIEW FROM PANORAMIC IMAGE RECORDED ON A PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM COMPRISING: AN ELLIPTICAL MIRROR, THE CONCAVE SIDE OF WHICH HAS A SPECULAR SURFACE; A FIRST SPHERICAL MIRROR, THE AXIS OF WHICH IS DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE AXIS OF SAID ELLIPTICAL MIRROR, THE CONCAVE SIDE OF SAID SHPERICAL MIRROE HAVING A SPECULAR SURFACE; A SECOND SPHERICSAL MIRROR COAXIALLY ALIGNED WITH, AND SPACED APART FROM, SAID ELLIPTICAL MIRROR, THE CONVEX SIDE OF SAID SECOND SPHERICAL MIRROR HAVING A SPECULAR SURFACE; BEAM SPLITTER MEANS DISPOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE AXES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SPHERICAL MIRRORS AND INCLINED 45* TO THE AXIS OF SAID ELLIPTICAL MIRROR, SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM BEING LATERALLY DISPLACED FROM SAID BEAM SPLITTER MEANS AND LYING IN A PLANE NORMAL TO THE OPTIC AXIS AS DEVIATED BY SAID BEAM SPLITTER MEANS; A PROJECTION LIGHT SOURCE FOR ILLUMINATING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM; AND CONDENSER LENS MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM AND SAID LIGHT SOURCE MEANS FOR COLLIMATING LIGHT FROM SAID SOURCE FOR ILLUMINATING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 175 words
A PROJECTOR FOR DISPLAYING A FULL CIRCUMFERENTIAL VIEW FROM PANORAMIC IMAGE RECORDED ON A PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM COMPRISING: AN ELLIPTICAL MIRROR, THE CONCAVE SIDE OF WHICH HAS A SPECULAR SURFACE; A FIRST SPHERICAL MIRROR, THE AXIS OF WHICH IS DISPOSED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE AXIS OF SAID ELLIPTICAL MIRROR, THE CONCAVE SIDE OF SAID SHPERICAL MIRROE HAVING A SPECULAR SURFACE; A SECOND SPHERICSAL MIRROR COAXIALLY ALIGNED WITH, AND SPACED APART FROM, SAID ELLIPTICAL MIRROR, THE CONVEX SIDE OF SAID SECOND SPHERICAL MIRROR HAVING A SPECULAR SURFACE; BEAM SPLITTER MEANS DISPOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE AXES OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND SPHERICAL MIRRORS AND INCLINED 45* TO THE AXIS OF SAID ELLIPTICAL MIRROR, SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM BEING LATERALLY DISPLACED FROM SAID BEAM SPLITTER MEANS AND LYING IN A PLANE NORMAL TO THE OPTIC AXIS AS DEVIATED BY SAID BEAM SPLITTER MEANS; A PROJECTION LIGHT SOURCE FOR ILLUMINATING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM; AND CONDENSER LENS MEANS INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM AND SAID LIGHT SOURCE MEANS FOR COLLIMATING LIGHT FROM SAID SOURCE FOR ILLUMINATING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC FILM.

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