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.
Claims30
A protector for an optical component on an imaging device, said protector comprising:
- a frame supporting a transparent plate, the frame having a top section, a bottom section, a first side, and a second side, and wherein the top section is located above, elevation-wise, the bottom section;
- 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 transparent plate and a second planar surface on the transparent plate opposing the first planar surface;
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- wherein the nozzle is positioned relative to the transparent plate to direct gas from the hollow chamber through the nozzle and across at least part of the first planar surface of the transparent plate.
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, and a second side, and wherein the top section is located above, elevation-wise, the bottom section;
- 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 the hollow chamber is in fluid communication with a nozzle;
- a transparent plate removably attached to the frame, the transparent plate having a first planar surface and a second planar surface opposing the first planar surface;
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- wherein the nozzle is positioned relative to the transparent plate to direct gas from the hollow chamber across at least part of the first planar surface of the transparent plate towards the bottom section.
An optical component protector, said 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 transparent plate mounted to 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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- a fan coupled to the elongated body or a conduit or a hose is connected to the elongated body for supplying gas to the hollow chamber and out the nozzle.
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, and a second side, 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;
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- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.