Instrumentation Laboratory

Acton Research Corp.

Robert V Jarratt, Jr

Stanley B Smith, Jr

Bruce K Flint

Robert D Fancy

Allan G Dennison, Jr

Robert A Fonteyn

A monochromatic spectrometer for evaluating contamination changes in the surface condition of lenses, reflectors and similar optical samples in the vacuum of a space mission includes a vacuum ultraviolet beam source redirected from a dispersion grating through a test station and reflected from a mirror to a photodetector. A rotatable carrier supports two or more optical samples, both transmissive and reflective and selectively positions one sample at a time at the test station so that the selected sample modifies the VUV beam according to its surface condition. The mirror is movable from a first position in which it reflects the beam transmitted through a sample to second position in which it reflects the beam reflected from a sample. The sample condition measured by the photodetector, the position of the rotatable carrier and mission elapsed time are recorded in a memory for re-transmission or later read out.

Spectrograph for evaluating contamination of optical components in space

An input control includes first and second keyboard assemblies mounted on a common structural unit, an encoder on the unit, and a plurality of output conductors connected to the encoder for transmitting a binary coded signal when a key is actuated. The first keyboard assembly includes a set of keys that generate the same input control function signals as do the keys in the second keyboard assembly. The structural unit is mounted for rotation between an upright position in which only the first keyboard assembly is operator accessible and an inverted position in which only the second keyboard assembly is operator accessible. A latch is provided for locking the structural unit in either position.

Keyboard type of input control system for an analytical instrument

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Groton, MA, United States of America

Robert V Jarratt, Jr