Apparatus for pupil distance adjustment for eyepieces
AssigneeLeica Microsystems (Schweiz) AG
InventorPeter Strobel
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Abstract
An apparatus for pupil distance adjustment for a binocular tube (22) has two eyepiece carriers (1, 2), at least one of which is mounted rotatably about a rotation axis (3, 4), a threaded spindle (7) being provided which is actuatable for pupil distance adjustment and by way of whose threads (12) the spacing of the two eyepiece carriers (1, 2) is adjustable. The apparatus can be implemented in mechanically simple and compact fashion, and permits accurate adjustment of the pupil distance.
Claims6
An apparatus for pupil distance adjustment for a binocular tube having two eyepiece carriers, at least one of the eyepiece carriers being mounted on the binocular tube for rotation about a rotation axis, the apparatus comprising:
- a threaded spindle coupled to the two eyepiece carriers, the threaded spindle having threads for adjusting the pupil distance of the binocular tube;
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- an axial bearing in which the threaded spindle is mounted, wherein the threaded spindle is rotatable about its axis relative to the axial bearing, and is prevented from moving in an axial direction relative to the axial bearing by a segment held against an end of the axial bearing by a nut, the segment being received in an annular groove in the threaded spindle.
A binocular tube comprising:
- a housing part;
- a pair of eyepiece carriers each mounted on the tube body for rotation about a respective rotation axis;
- a threaded spindle having adjustment threads;
- an axial bearing receiving the threaded spindle, the threaded spindle being held in an axially fixed position and rotatable about its longitudinal axis relative to the axial bearing, wherein the axial bearing is pivotally coupled to one of the pair of eyepiece carriers at a location spaced from the rotation axis of the one eyepiece carrier;
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- a spindle bearing mating with the adjustment threads of the threaded spindle, the spindle bearing moving in an axial direction relative to the threads when the spindle is rotated about its longitudinal axis, wherein the spindle bearing is pivotally coupled to another of the pair of eyepiece carriers at a location spaced from the rotation axis of the another eyepiece carrier;
- whereby rotation of the threaded spindle causes adjustment of pupil distance associated with the pair of eyepiece carriers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.