Optical assembly with removable section

An optical assembly for a precision apparatus includes an optical element and a housing that defines a housing cavity. The housing includes a body section, a removable section and a fastener assembly. The body section is secured to an apparatus frame of the precision apparatus. The removable section...

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Hauptverfasser: Arnone, David F, Wallace, Ken, Iacono, Carl
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An optical assembly for a precision apparatus includes an optical element and a housing that defines a housing cavity. The housing includes a body section, a removable section and a fastener assembly. The body section is secured to an apparatus frame of the precision apparatus. The removable section retains the optical element with the optical element positioned in the housing cavity. The fastener assembly selective secures the removable section to the body section. With this design, the removable section can be selectively removed to repair or replace the optical element and the optical element is supported by a rigid mechanical housing so that the optical element is less susceptible to long term or operating misalignments.