Radiant energy – Photocells; circuits and apparatus – Optical or pre-photocell system
Patent
1979-12-31
1981-12-15
Nelms, David C.
Radiant energy
Photocells; circuits and apparatus
Optical or pre-photocell system
250237R, 250239, G01V 904
Patent
active
043061478
ABSTRACT:
Reflection-type photoelectric switching apparatus comprising a housing having a transparent front window, a light projecting device, a light receiving device arranged in side-by-side relation with the light projecting device, the light projecting and receiving devices enclosed in the housing and in a predetermined space between the devices and the front window, an optically opaque screen having a pair of transparent portions corresponding to said light projecting and receiving devices, said screen being slidably disposed in said predetermined space, an adjusting mechanism controllable from outside of the housing for driving said screen to continuously adjust an effective area of said pair of transparent portions thereof, so that a detection field defined by a common zone, in which the projected and reflected light ray bundles are crossed, is continuously variable with said adjusting mechanism.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3002420 (1961-10-01), Willits et al.
patent: 3578978 (1971-05-01), Laurent
patent: 3697762 (1972-10-01), Kurtz
patent: 4207464 (1980-06-01), Fukuyama et al.
Fukuyama Toshifumi
Hattan Hideaki
Nelms David C.
Omron Tateisi Electronics Co.
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