Lighting and viewing unit
AssigneeJ. M. Canty Associates, Inc.
InventorsThomas M. Canty, Jon M. Venturin, Gary K. Walck
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Abstract
A unit for viewing and supplying light or radiant energy to the interior of a vessel that has a front fused glass window. The light and camera-viewing means see the interior of a vessel through this fused glass window which provides a substantially corrosion-proof seal across the entire distal portion of the unit. The light and camera-viewing means are pointed into the interior of the vessel in substantially the same direction.
Claims19
A light-viewing unit adapted to be connected to a processing vessel comprising in combination a housing, means for attachment of said housing to said vessel, a substantially clear fused window, light-emitting means and a camera-viewing means, said clear fused window fused into a front portion of said housing, positioned in said housing behind said clear fused window is said light-emitting means and said camera-viewing means, said light-emitting means capable of illumination of an interior of said vessel through said clear fused window, said camera-viewing means capable of viewing an interior of said vessel through said clear fused window, said clear fused window fused to said front portion of said housing forming thereby a substantially corrosion-proof seal across an entire distal end portion of said unit, said light-emitting means and said camera-viewing means pointed into said vessel in substantially the same direction.
A light-viewing unit for supplying illumination and viewing an interior of a processing vessel which comprises in combination a housing, means for attachment of said housing to an opening in said processing vessel, a substantially clear fused window, light-emitting means and a camera-viewing means, a front terminal portion of said light-emitting means and a lens portion of said camera-viewing means positioned in said housing in a front portion for visable transmission through said clear fused window, said light-emitting means capable of illumunation of an interior of said processing vessel through said clear fused window, said camera-viewing means capable of viewing an interior of said processing vessel through said clear fused window, said clear fused window fused to said front portion of said housing forming thereby a substantially corrosion-proof seal across an entire distal end front portion of said housing, said light-emitting means and said camera-viewing means pointed into said vessel in substantially the same direction.
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