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4171872 Compact four element afocal lens  
A compact substantially afocal lens comprising two components each including two elements adapted for use as a magnifying attachment for an objective with an internal stop. Compactness in an afocal...
4153339 Zoom lens  
In a zoom lens consisting of a first lens group having a negative refractive power and a second lens group having a positive refractive power with the air separation between the first and second...
4151752 Device for the excitation of waves and especially ultrasonic waves including a cell  
The device comprises a lens and a source for emitting a beam of parallel light rays or ultrasonic rays at right angles to a flat dioptric element. The lens surface which is located opposite to the...
4133600 Method of manufacturing and utilizing holographic lens means  
Holographic lenses are formed on a substantially transparent scanning disc wherein a line focus is the object for each hologram. Such hologram is then used to reconstruct the line focus at the...
4099846 Variable magnification lens system  
In a variable focus objective an axial air space between a negative front lens and a positive rear lens component is variable for zooming. The first component is movable for focusing independently...
4094585 Loupe  
A magnifier or loupe of high magnifying power comprising a positive singlet followed by a cemented doublet in the overall form of a meniscus having bi-convex and bi-concave elements. The cemented...
4086000 Viewfinder optics with zero power doublet  
A chromatically neutral viewfinder optical system of positive forward and rearward elements and including therebetween a substantially zero power doublet which neutralizes chromatic errors...
4027944 Illuminated system for vertical fluorescent microscopy  
A vertical illuminator for imaging a light source at the back aperture of a microscope objective for use in fluorescent microscopy has a light source, an axially-movable positive meniscus lens...
3999840 Wide angle objective having a non-spherical surface  
A retrofocus wide angle objective with the backfocal length being at least two times the overall focal length, comprising in optical alignment, a plurality of negative meniscus lenses of forward...
3992085 Large aperture wide angle lens system employing an aspherical surface  
A large aperture wide angle lens which employs such aspheric surfaces as satisfying the condition of B (Ni' - Ni) < O c (ni' - Ni) < O, wherein one plane out of the lens group at rear of...
3967884 Three element objective lens  
An objective lens comprising a front positive meniscus element, a middle negative biconcave element and a rear positive biconvex element. Improved optical performance at a relative aperture of...
3958864 High power photographic objective with large angular field  
A high power lens for photograhic purposes, having a relatively large angular field. The lens has at least seven air spaced members, at least three of which are behind a central vertex space, those...
3936154 Short focal length large aperture optical system  
This invention relates to a short focal length, large aperture optical system primarily designed to efficiently transmit light rays to an image plane with an extraordinarily high degree of...
3932148 Method and apparatus for making complex aspheric optical surfaces  
Complex aspheric optical surfaces may be made reliably and relatively rapidly by a method in which one surface of a relatively thick glass block is ground and polished to the desired aspheric...
3917766 Manufacture of optical elements  
An optical element comprising a glass substrate portion on which a portion of a plastics material having approximately the same index of refraction as glass is molded. Shrinkage of the plastics...
3914032 Device for observing and photographing the fundus of eye  
A device for observing and photographing the fundus of eye including an optical system for directly observing or photographing the fundus of the eye of a person to be inspected and an optical...
3912379 Three element objective lens having asphoric surfaces on the middle element  
A three element objective lens having a front positive biconvex element, a middle negative biconcave element and a rear positive biconvex element. The first and second elements are formed of...
3910685 Three element objective lens with aspheres on rear surfaces of first and second elements  
A three element objective lens having a front positive meniscus element, a middle negative element and a rear positive biconcave element. Improved optical performance at a relative aperture of at...
3886544 Keyboard using optical switching  
The invention relates to keyboard devices using optical switching and includes novel light distribution means to multiple fiber optics, switching means between fiber optics, and collection means...
3883733 Optical construction of a lens  
A lens for directing light from a light source along an extension of the lens centerline. The lens may have any desired color and is in the form of a section of a thin spherical shell. The convex...
3877815 MONITORING MEANS FOR MAKING HEADLAMP LENSES  
A moulded lens for use in a headlamp, especially a road vehicle headlamp, the lens being formed in the moulding operation with a series of corrugations arranged to produce in use when the...
3832035 WIDE ANGLE, RETROFOCUS-TYPE PHOTO-TAKING LENS  
A wide angle, substantially distortion-free inverted telephoto-type photo-taking lens system comprises a forward divergent group, a forward convergent group preceding a diaphragm, and a rearward...
3828358 EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR THE DIRECT PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION OF A PHOSPHOR SCREEN ON THE FACE-PLATE OF A COLOR PICTURE TUBE  
In an exposure apparatus or lighthouse for use in the direct photographic production of a phosphor screen on the face-plate of a color picture tube or kinescope of the type having a mask with...
3800085 CONVERTIBLE DIRECT VIEWING/PROJECTION T-V SYSTEM  
A converter attachable to a standard television set whereby the set, when the converter is disconnected, may be directly viewed in the usual manner, but when the converter is operating, functions...
3798445 TRAFFIC SIGNAL LENS  
The invention relates to a traffic light lens preferably formed of polycarbonate material. The inner face of the lens is formed in a mosaic arrangement of rectangular, lenticular areas. The...
3778133 LENS SYSTEM HAVING AT LEAST ONE THIN, HIGHLY DEFORMED PLATE WITH ASPHERICAL SURFACES  
Four embodiments of fast (F/2 or faster), wide angle (70°), infrared lens systems are disclosed. Each of the lens systems is formed of a plurality of thin, highly deformed germanium plates. Each...
3751138 VARIABLE ANAMORPHIC LENS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING LENS  
An anamorphic lens is disclosed which generates variable cylindrical lens power and variable cylindrical lens rotational alignment over incremental viewpoints chosen through its surface. Cylinder...
3736048 OPTICAL OBJECTIVES OF VARIABLE EQUIVALENT FOCAL LENGTH  
A zoom lens having an improved zooming range and comprising a convergent first member which for a given object distance remains stationary during the zooming relative movements, an axially movable...
3722979 OPTICAL SYSTEM OF THE REAL IMAGE TYPE FOR FINDERS HAVING ASPHERIC SURFACES  
A finder optical system of the real image type comprises four identical non-spherical lenses arranged on a single common optical axis and constituting, in the direction of incident light rays...
3693301 METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL ELEMENTS WITH ASPHERICAL SURFACES  
A method for producing optical elements with aspherical surfaces with a pneumatic device for deforming the plates to be formed into optical elements. The plates are deformed by reducing the...
3682534 OBJECTIVES OF VARIABLE FOCAL LENGTH  
A zoom lens front member which is divergent and is divided into two divergent parts, of which the rear part only is movable for focusing purposes, in accordance with the following relationships:...
3664065 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SURFACES OF REVOLUTION  
Method and apparatus for generating, on optical material or metal, aspheric surfaces of revolution. Basically, the subject invention includes a lever arm pivotally mounted at one end portion...
3628850 CORRECTING LENS  
A correcting lens for use in the formation of fluorescent dots on a color picture tube, which has its effective surface divided into a plurality of sections each of which consists of a flat or...
3604786 COMPACT AFOCAL MAGNIFYING LENS  
Compact six-element afocal magnifying lenses suitable for use as attachments to photographic objective lenses are described. The overall length of an afocal lens designed according to this...
3602085 PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE-FOCUSING DEVICE  
An image-focusing plate for cameras comprises two or four parts formed from wedge prisms arranged to form an image-intersection line which is displaced along its length through an angle not...
3583790 VARIABLE POWER, ANALYTIC FUNCTION, OPTICAL COMPONENT IN THE FORM OF A PAIR OF LATERALLY ADJUSTABLE PLATES HAVING SHAPED SURFACES, AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING SUCH COMPONENTS  
A plurality of refracting plates, which are generally perpendicular to an optic axis along which they are in tandem, have quintic or higher order surfaces that are relatively movable laterally in...
3507565 VARIABLE-POWER LENS AND SYSTEM  
3497577 METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF PLASTIC LENSES WITH ASPHERICAL SURFACES  
3486808 GRADIENT REFRACTIVE INDEX OPTICAL LENSES  
3472577 WIDE ANGLE LONG EYE-RELIEF EYEPIECE  
3454686 METHOD OF SHAPING AN ASPHERIC LENS  
3386354 Lens system for correcting effect of earth's magnetic field in color tubes  
3366736 Lens magnifier apparatus  
3360659 Compensated optical scanning system  
3356002 Wide angle optical system  
3348896 Modified gauss type of optical objective for use in ultraviolet light  
3328589 Photoelectric apparatus for providing pulsing signals including stacked plate focussing means  
3326623 S-lens corrected for aberrations of focus  
3305294 Two-element variable-power spherical lens  
3285129 Triple element s-lens focusing system