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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Joshua Lynn Scott, Jordan, NY (US);
Clark Alexander Bendall, Syracuse, NY (US);
Theodore Alexander Chilek, Skaneateles, NY (US);
Joshua Lynn Scott, Jordan, NY (US);
Clark Alexander Bendall, Syracuse, NY (US);
Theodore Alexander Chilek, Skaneateles, NY (US);
GE Inspection Technologies, LP, Lewistown, PA (US);
Abstract
A system for providing a two-position zoom-focus capability in a video inspection device comprising, in one embodiment, a focus lens cell and primary aperture attached to a set of fixed rails and connected to a zoom lens cell. In one embodiment, the focus lens cell is moveable into a first position along the rails through activation of a proximally located lens movement mechanism, and moveable into a second position through relaxation of a tensioned focus spring. In one embodiment, movement of the focus lens cell between first and second focus positions causes movement of the zoom lens cell and a secondary aperture between corresponding first and second zoom and aperture positions to provide unmagnified and magnified images of a target object.