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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1974
Mary Conlin McCann, Belmont, MA (US);
William T Plummer, Concord, MA (US);
Vivian K Walworth, Concord, MA (US);
Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention is an optical element, one version of which is useful for operating an automatic exposure control of a self-contained camera coupled to a microscope without detracting from the brightness of the magnified image to be recorded on the camera's film format. The article includes three reflecting surfaces arranged to extract a small part of the light emerging from the microscope's eyepiece and direct it into the photodetector of the automatic exposure control. A lensrefracts the light, after the third reflection, to improve the distribution of the light onto the camera's photodetector. The article is suitable for manufacture as a homogeneous molding of transparent plastic.