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US 11,747,615 B2Granted
Optical component protector
OwnerAndrew Subratieinventor
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Abstract
An optical component protector, comprising a transparent plate, configured to be mounted in front of an optical component to be protected and a plenum chamber, connected to a top edge of a transparent plate wherein the plenum chamber is configured to receive a supply of gas from a gas supply and provide a curtain of the gas across a surface of the transparent plate that is on an opposite side of the transparent plate from the optical component.
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A protector for an optical component on an imaging device, said protector comprising:
- a frame having a top section, a bottom section, and a first side and a second side at two ends of the frame, and wherein the top section is located above, elevation-wise, the bottom section and wherein the first side has a first frame sidewall and the second side has a second frame sidewall;
- a single transparent plate positioned on the frame between the first frame sidewall and the second frame sidewall;
- an elongated body defining a hollow chamber located closer to the top section of the frame than the bottom section of the frame, the hollow chamber being in fluid communication with an elongate nozzle;
- a first planar surface on the single transparent plate and a second planar surface on the single transparent plate opposing the first planar surface;
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- wherein the nozzle is positioned relative to the single transparent plate to direct gas from the hollow chamber through the nozzle and across at least part of the first planar surface of the single transparent plate.
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An optical component protector, said optical component protector comprising:
- a frame configured for mounting to an imaging device having an optical component;
- an elongated body defining a hollow chamber located at a first end of the frame, which is located above, elevation-wise, a second end of the frame;
- a first frame sidewall located at a first side of the frame and a second frame sidewall located at a second side of the frame, the first frame sidewall and the second frame sidewall defining a width of the frame;
- a transparent plate mounted between the first frame sidewall and the second frame sidewall of the frame and occupying substantially all of the width of the frame, the transparent plate having a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposing the first planar surface;
- a nozzle disposed on a side of the first planar surface of the transparent plate and in fluid communication with the hollow chamber for directing gas from the hollow chamber across at least part of the transparent plate;
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- wherein the transparent plate is secured to the frame by a retaining clamp and the transparent plate is removable from the frame.
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A protector for an optical component on an imaging device, said protector comprising:
- a frame having a top section, a bottom section, a first side having a first frame sidewall, and a second side having a second frame sidewall, and wherein the top section is located above, elevation-wise, the bottom section;
- a transparent plate removably secured to the frame, the transparent plate having a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposing the first planar surface;
- an elongated body defining a hollow chamber secured to the frame, the hollow chamber being in fluid communication with a nozzle having a passage for directing gas from the hollow chamber out the nozzle and across at least part of the first planar surface of the transparent plate;
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- a fan attached to the elongated body for expelling air out of the nozzle.
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A protector for an optical component on an imaging device, said protector comprising:
- a frame having a top section, a bottom section, a first side having a first frame sidewall, and a second side having a second frame sidewall, and wherein the top section is located above, elevation-wise, the bottom section and the first and second frame sidewalls are generally parallel to one another;
- an elongated body defining a hollow chamber located closer to the top section of the frame than the bottom section of the frame, and wherein elongated body extends from the first side to the second side of the frame and the hollow chamber is in fluid communication with a nozzle;
- a fan or an air supply source is connected to the elongated body for directing air out of the nozzle;
- a single transparent plate removably attached to the frame by a retaining clamp, the single transparent plate having a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposing the first planar surface;
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- wherein the bottom section of the frame has a frame bottom, and wherein the frame bottom extends across a mid-point of the single transparent plate and the elongated body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.