US 4,060,724 A · Mounting apparatus for optical examination devices connected to a projector through a light-conducting cable

Abstract

A mounting apparatus is provided for an optical examination device secured to a hand grip at the distal end of a light-conducting cable which is connected at its near end to a projector. The mounting apparatus includes a lower mount for supporting the cable receiving end of the hand grip, which mount has a slit in it to permit passage of the cable, and an upper mount which serves as a holding device for either the other end of the hand grip or the optical examination device secured thereto. A sensing device is provided in the upper mount to turn off the light source which illuminates the cable when the hand grip is placed in the mounting apparatus and to turn the source on when the hand grip is removed from the mounting apparatus.

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Dependent claims

A mounting apparatus for an optical examination instrument, said instrument being connected at the distal end of a light-conducting cable coupled to a source of light at its near end, said apparatus comprising:

a lower mount adapted to support said instrument at the lower end thereof, said lower mount having a slit therein for the passage of said light-conducting cable;
and
an upper mount serving as a holding device for said instrument, the end of said instrument connected to said light-conducting cable being supported on said lower mount, and an upper portion of said instrument being held in said upper mount.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Mounting apparatus for optical examination devices connected to a projector through a light-conducting cable

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Mounting apparatus for optical examination devices connected to a projector through a light-conducting cable

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Abstract

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