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Spherical lens imaging device

  • US 3,166,623 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1960
  • Issued: 01/19/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1960
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. AN IMAGING DEVICE COMPRISING:

  • A SPHERICAL CORE ELEMENT, AT LEAST ONE SPHERICAL SHELL ELEMENT CONCENTRIC WITH SAID CORE ELEMENT;

    LIGHT OBSTRUENT MEANS HAVING AN APERTURE LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY ABOUT THE COMMON CENTER OF SAID ELEMENTS SAID APERTURE HAVING A DIAMETER EQUAL TO THE DIAMETER OF SAID SPHERICAL CORE ELEMENT;

    TOTAL REFLECTIVE MEANS POSITIONED IN SAID APERTURE, A FIBER IMAGE CONDUIT MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID IMAGINING DEVICE, SAID FIBER IMAGE CONDUIT MEANS BEING RIGIDLY AFFIXED TO THE SURFACE OF THE EXIT HEMISPHERE OF SAID IMAGING DEVICE;

    AND THE RADIUS OF THE EXIT HEMISPHERE OF SAID IMGAGING DEVICE BEING EQUAL TO THE FOCAL LENGTH OF THE ENTRANCE HEMISPHERE OF SAID IMAGING DEVICE.

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