Back to results
US 5,394,208 AGranted
Environmental enclosure for a camera
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorDean B. Campbell
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Loading patent…
Loading patent…
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorDean B. Campbell
Estimating the term…
An environmental enclosure provides a maintenance free surfaceless viewing window through a specially designed aperture for a clean, clear field of view for the lens of an enclosed camera, as well as cooling and isolation from ambient and camera-generated temperatures. The environmental enclosure device utilizes a method of pressurizing the environmental internal to the device to create a positive air flow through the aperture. The aperture is designed to create a vortex in order to encourage a surfaceless barrier which prevents external contaminants from entering the device. The aperture is provided through a removable aperture plate for ease in maintenance. The device provides unabated camera access through a removable portion which is angularly split from a fixed portion of the device, wherein the angular split permits the removal of the sufficient portion of the device in a tight-fitting region.
An environmental enclosure device for maintaining the optical integrity of a field of view of an enclosed camera, said environment enclosure device comprising:
A method of maintaining the optical integrity of a field of view of an enclosed camera, said method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.