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Measuring head
Assignee: Gretag AG
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Filing: 1989-01-24
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Granted: 1990-05-29
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Expires: 2009-01-24
Abstract
Abstract A measuring head, in particular a manual device for the determination of photometric data, includes an optical illuminating device with an aspherical mirror having a groove which extends in an annular manner around an axis of rotational symmetry of the groove, and which, in cross-section, has the configuration of an elliptical segment. The measuring optics to detect the light reflected from a measuring spot forms a round measuring spot on an ellipse at the inlet slit of a monochromator, for which a spherical/cylindrical lens, a first glass rod and a second glass rod are used, the glass rods being provided with cylindrical surfaces, the associated cylinder axes of which are crossed with each other.
Inventors
- 👤 Fred Mast
- 👤 Jean A. Knus
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 04:46
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01J; G01J3/00; G01J3/02; G01J3/0205; G01J3/0208; G01J3/021; G01J3/0297; G01N; G01N21/00; G01N21/17; G01N21/47; G01N21/4738; G01N21/474; G02; G02B; G02B19/00; G02B19/0004; G02B19/0028; G02B19/0033; G02B19/0085; G01J3/12; G01J3/18; G01J3/1838; G01N2021/4752; G01N2021/4757; G01N2201/00; G01N2201/08; G01N2201/0806
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
Measuring head for an apparatus to determine photographic data comprising: a light source; an optical projection means to illuminate a measuring spot on a measuring surface; a spherical annular mirror; a flat annular mirror applied to a glass ring; an optical measuring means; and, a rotationally symmetrical, aspherical mirror coordinated with the source of light, said aspherical mirror being provided, on a side facing the light source, with an annular groove having a cross-sectional configuration of an elliptical segment of an ellipse, a first focal point of which coincides with a location of the light source on the axis of rotational symmetry of the asperical mirror, and a second focal point of which is located laterally offset relative to the axis of rotational symmetry of the aspherical mirror, in an annular diaphragm surrounded by the spherical annular mirror.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
138 words
Measuring head for an apparatus to determine photographic data comprising: a light source; an optical projection means to illuminate a measuring spot on a measuring surface; a spherical annular mirror; a flat annular mirror applied to a glass ring; an optical measuring means; and, a rotationally symmetrical, aspherical mirror coordinated with the source of light, said aspherical mirror being provided, on a side facing the light source, with an annular groove having a cross-sectional configuration of an elliptical segment of an ellipse, a first focal point of which coincides with a location of the light source on the axis of rotational symmetry of the asperical mirror, and a second focal point of which is located laterally offset relative to the axis of rotational symmetry of the aspherical mirror, in an annular diaphragm surrounded by the spherical annular mirror.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
67 words
Measuring head according to claim 1, wherein the aspherical mirror, the flat annular mirror and the spherical annular mirror are aligned in a manner such that an outer edge of the aspherical mirror is imaged sharply on an edge of the measuring spot, while an inner edge of the groove of the aspherical mirror is reproduced in an unfocused manner at a center of the measuring spot.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
77 words
Measuring head for an apparatus for the determination of photographic data comprising: an optical projection means to illuminate a measuring spot on a measuring surface, said optical projection means further including: a measuring light source; a spherical annular mirror; and a flat annular mirror applied to a glass ring; and, an optical measuring means, said optical measuring means including: a plurality of cylindrical lens surfaces having correlated cylinder axes which are at right angles to each other.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
77 words
Measuring head for an apparatus for the determination of photographic data comprising: an optical projection means to illuminate a measuring spot on a measuring surface, said optical projection means further including: a measuring light source; a spherical annular mirror; and a flat annular mirror applied to a glass ring; and, an optical measuring means, said optical measuring means including: a plurality of cylindrical lens surfaces having correlated cylinder axes which are at right angles to each other.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
Measuring head according to claim 3, wherein the optical measuring means further comprises: a spherical/cylindrical lens located on a longitudinal axis of the spherical annular mirror and the flat annular mirror.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
Measuring head according to claim 4, wherein the cylindrical surface of the spherical/cylindrical lens faces in a direction toward the measuring spot.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
Measuring head according to claim 5, wherein a cylinder axis associated with the cylindrical surface of the spherical/cylindrical lens extends at a right angle with respect to a grating shaft and an inlet slit of a monochromator fed by the measuring head.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
Measuring head according to claim 3, wherein a first glass rod is located in a path of the measuring light, said rod being provided at its ends with cylindrical surfaces, the associated cylinder axes of which are at right angles to each other.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
43 words
Measuring head according to claim 6, wherein a first glass rod is located in a path of the measuring light, said rod being provided at its ends with cylindrical surfaces, the associated cylinder axes of which are at right angles to each other.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
105 words
Measuring head according to claim 8, wherein, between the first glass rod and the inlet slit of the monochromator, a second glass rod is located in the path of the measuring light, said second glass rod having first and second cylindrical surfaces, with the first cylindrical surface of the second glass rod facing toward the inlet slit having an associated cylinder axis extending at a right angle to the inlet slit of the monochromator, while the second cylindrical surface of the second glass rod has an associated cylinder axis extending parallel to the cylinder axis of the adjacent cylindrical surface of the first glass rod.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
58 words
Measuring head according to claim 9, wherein a first slit diaphragm is provided at a light inlet end of the first glass rod, and a second slit diaphragm is provided inside the first glass rod, said first and second slit diaphragms being provided at right angles to said first glass rod and extending parallel to the inlet slit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
47 words
Measuring head according to claim 10, wherein a round measuring spot is reproduced by the optical measuring means on an ellipse, the long axis of which extends in a direction toward the monochromator and the short axis of which corresponds to the width of the inlet slit.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
47 words
Measuring head according to claim 6, wherein a round measuring spot is reproduced by the optical measuring means on an ellipse, the long axis of which extends in a direction toward the monochromator and the short axis of which corresponds to the width of the inlet slit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
39 words
Measuring head according to claim 11, wherein the entrance pupil of the optical measuring means lies at infinity, while the exit pupil of the optical measuring means is bounded by an edge of a diffraction grating of the monochromator.
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