Panoramic periscope

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1987-01-09

1988-11-29

Corbin, John K.

350541, 350543, G02B 2308

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047877251

ABSTRACT:
A panoramic periscope having a ray path for the visual observation of objects and having a central tube with an ocular or eyepiece disposed laterally thereon, the central tube being provided with a system of lenses, prisms and mirrors and having a peripheral viewing window which is mounted so as to be rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the central tube through 360.degree. or more, the window being mounted in a viewing hood disposed above the central tube and lying at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the central tube, the window being radially disposed in a viewing housing which has a reversing prism or the like and is mounted so as to be additionally rotatable about its own longitudinal axis at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the central tube, characterized by a system of prisms and/or mirrors which is constructed in such a manner that, when the viewing window is rotated from a position on one side of the zenith to a position on the other side of the zenith, a real, true-to-side, upright image appears in the eye lens or ocular.

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Jacobs, D. H., "Fundementals of Optical Engineering", McGraw-Hill, 1943, pp. 152-161 and 221-223.
German Patent Search Dated 9/7/86, P 36 00 752.8

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