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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:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard D Driver, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Galileo Electro-Optics Corporation, Sturbridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356446 ; 75055916 ; 75022724 ; 385 12 ; 385 31 ; 385 33 ; 385 36 ; 385 42 ;
Abstract
A diffuse reflectance probe is disclosed which employs in an exemplary embodiment, fiberoptic light transmitting elements and a light pipe for collecting light. The fiberoptic light transmitting elements surround the light pipe and a window having a beveled surface communicates with the light transmitting fiberoptics to direct illuminating radiation in a relatively large field of view in a close working distance with the probe.