Corey R Thompson

US Patent:

44012888, Aug 30, 1983

Filed:

Mar 13, 1981

Appl. No.:

6/243614

Inventors:

Corey M. Thompson - Medway MA

Assignee:

Data General Corporation - Westboro MA

International Classification:

A47G 124

US Classification:

248476

Abstract:

An optical mirror mount for use in mounting an optical mirror in a generally upright position on a horizontal supporting surface and which is adjustable in pitch and yaw is disclosed. The mount includes a bracket having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg. The horizontal leg is affixed to the supporting surface by a pair of mounting screws, one of the mounting screws extending through a circular mounting hole at one end of the horizontal leg into a threaded hole in the supporting surface and the other mounting screw extending through an elongated mounting slot at the other end of the horizontal leg into another threaded hole in the supporting surface. The vertical leg includes an upper section onto which the optical mirror is attached and a lower section, the upper section being bendable relative to the lower section. A flexure spring block whose tension is controlled by an adjusting screw is attached at one end to the top section of the vertical leg of the bracket and at the other end to the horizontal leg of the bracket. Yaw adjustments are made by loosening the mounting screws holding the bracket on the supporting surface, rotating the bracket about the mounting screw extending into the circular mounting hole in the horizontal leg within the limits set by the size of the mounting slot in the horizontal leg and then tightening the mounting screws when the mount is at the desired position in yaw.