Illuminating headpiece for spectacles including secondary magnifying lenses

Claim 1

An illuminating headpiece comprising: a spectacle frame, a pair of spectacle glasses in the frame, apertures in the glasses, a pair of secondary lens magnifying systems extending through the respective apertures and carried by the spectacle glasses, each secondary lens magnifying system being constituted by a single unitary element having an inner negative lens surface and an outer positive lens surface of an aspherical shape, a headpiece housing, a lamp housing carried by and extending upwardly from the headpiece housing, a lamp positioned within the lamp housing with its central axis extending vertically, a curved reflector at the rear of the lamp, a lens system at the front of the lamp, the lenS system being constituted by a single element having an aspherical face, the curved reflector and the lens system having a common axis, a pivot means, said pivot means connecting the lamp housing to the headpiece housing whereby the direction of light transmitted by the lamp housing is varied when the lamp housing is tilted, means positioning the filament of said lamp substantially on the central axis of the reflector and lens system, the secondary lens magnifying systems being directed to have their axes intersect at a work plane.