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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2002
Uwe Schaller, Kahla, DE;
Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Fuerstentum, LI;
Abstract
An arrangement and a method for generating a plurality of optical axes which are oriented in a defined manner relative to one another in which the directions of the optical axes are defined by the reflection angles of a light bundle at plane mirror surfaces arranged in different ways. The object of the invention, to find a novel possibility for generating a plurality of optical axes oriented in a defined manner relative to one another using plane mirror surfaces which allows an accurate orientation of the optical axes independent from manufacturing tolerances of the components for holding the mirrors and a simple final adjustment, is met in that the plane mirror surfaces are arranged on the section face of spherical segments, and every spherical segment is embedded with its spherical cap in a recess of a base body, wherein the outside surface of the recess allows only those contact points between the spherical cap of the spherical segment and the recess which constitute an invariable pattern of contact points which is not dependent on the orientation of the mirror surface, and the spherical segments are rigidly fixed in the recesses of the base body by a connection layer after they have been adjusted corresponding to the optical axes to be aligned by means of a template.