Mount for an optical device
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorDouglass L. Blanding
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Abstract
A mount for an optical device, such as a linear CCD array, is disclosed. The array is mounted on a base which is supported on a frame for adjustment relative thereto. The base is slidably movable on the frame for adjustment of the array in in-track and cross-track directions. The base is movable toward and away from the frame to provide a focus adjustment of the array. In order to provide a mount which can be easily and precisely adjusted to position the array along five degrees of freedom, adjustment screws are positioned such that the position of the array can be changed along one degree of freedom without changing the position of the array along any of the other degrees of freedom.
Claims15
A mount for an optical device, said device including a column of photosensitive elements arranged along an axis, said mount comprising:
- means for supporting said device;
- and
- a plurality of adjustment means which are operable on said device for adjusting the position of said device relative to said supporting means in a plurality of degrees of freedom, each of said adjustment means being operable to adjust the position of said device in one degree of freedom without moving the device in the other degrees of freedom, one of said adjustment means being operable along said axis and another of said adjustment means being operable along a line which passes through a photosensitive element at one end of said column.
A mount for an optical device, said mount comprising:
- a base for receiving said device;
- a frame for supporting said base;
- and
- means for adjusting said base relative to said frame, said adjusting means including means for contacting said base at a plurality of points and means for biasing said base against said contacting means with equal force on each of said points.
A mount for an optical device, said mount comprising:
- base means for supporting said device;
- frame means for suporting said base means;
- and
- adjustment means for moving said base means relative to said frame to position said device, said adjustment means including threaded elements in said frame means which are operable on said base means, each of said threaded elements being movable to effect adjustment of the device along one degree of freedom without moving the device in any other degree of freedom.
A mount for an optical device, said mount comprising:
- base means for supporting said device;
- frame means for supporting said base means;
- and
- adjustment means for moving said base means relative to said frame to position said device, said adjustment means including wire flexures for making a connection between said adjustment means and said base means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.