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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:
Jan. 22, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Richards, Medway, MA (US);
Bernard Grolman, Worcester, MA (US);
Assignee:
American Optical Corporation, Southbridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
351 16 ; 354 62 ; 351-7 ;
Abstract
An illuminator including an incandescent lamp and strobe tube in a pivotable carrier adapted to selectively alternately position the lamp and tube in an identical single position of use, each being electrically activable only when at the position of use. The incandescent lamp affords continuous light of relatively low intensity for illumination of objects to be examined and the strobe tube affords short duration high intensity flash illumination for photographic recording purposes.