Light source for fibre optic instruments
OwnerBohuslav Molnarinventor
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Abstract
A light source device for illuminating a selected receptor end of a number of fibre optic cables, having a light source which provides a concentrated point source of light, a movable selector to allow alignment of a selected aperture in which a receptor end of a fibre optic is located, with the light source, and further having an adjustable positioning means for displacing the light source and the selected aperture relative to each other, so as to allow the concentrated point source of light to be exactly focused on the receptor end located in the selected aperture.
Claims10
A light source device for illuminating receptor ends of a plurality of fibre optic cables, comprising:
- a plurality of fibre optic cable receptacles each having an aperture therein for respectively receiving and removably securing therewithin the receptor end of one of the fibre optic cables;
- a light source means for providing on an axis extending from said light source means a concentrated point source of light a given distance from said light source means;
- movable selector means for aligning a selected one of the apertures of the receptacles along said axis;
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- adjustable positioning means for adjustably displacing said point source of light and said selected aperture relative to each other along said axis to focus said point source of light on said receptor end secured within said selected aperture.
A light source device for illuminating receptor ends of different fibre optic cables, comprising:
- a plurality of fibre optic cable receptacles each having an aperture therein for respectively receiving and removably securing therewithin the receptor end of one of the fibre optic cables;
- a light source means;
- lens means for concentrating light from said light source means so as to provide a concentrated point source of light;
- means for aligning a selected one of the apertures of the receptacles along an axis on which lies said concentrated point source of light and said light source means;
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- adjustable positioning means for adjustably displacing said lens means and said selected aperture relative to each other along said axis to focus said point source of light on said receptor end secured within said selected aperture.
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