A connector couples a pair of elongated rods in axial alignment for transmitting axial and rotational forces along a longitudinal axis of the rods through the connection. The connector includes interfitting male and female sections projecting in longitudinal extension from their corresponding respective rods, with the male section including an elongated transversely polygonal member having a transversely extending notch. The female section comprises an elongated channel having a cross-section co...

A radiation system for projecting a uniform field of irradiance to expose an irradiance-sensitive surface (such as a photomask) through a transparency in proximity to, or in contact with, the irradiance sensitive surface (such as a wafer or another mask) comprises a pulsed source of irradiance in the near and deep ultraviolet wavelength spectrum, a doublet condenser lens and doublet field lens disposed serially along an optical axis. Every point in the exposure plane surface is focused on the tr...

An optical relay includes a first lens, a lens module, and a second lens. The first lens is configured to receive modulated light from a first spatial light modulator. The first lens is configured to refract the modulated light into the lens module. The lens module is configured to collimate and focus the modulated light into the second lens. The second lens is configured to refract the modulated light onto a second spatial light modulator.

A projection display system includes a reflection display device, an optical member for projecting an illumination beam toward the reflection display device from a direction inclined relative to a front surface direction of the reflection display device, an optical member for projecting an image beam projected from the reflection display device a onto a projection surface, and a relay lens disposed on a front surface side of the reflection display device. The relay lens corrects the illumination...

A slide projector for use with magazines of the flexible type in which slides are supported for movement around a closed-loop path and are swingable one by one into and out of a slide-projection station about an axis defined by a rotary drive shaft. The magazine has individual clip-type slide-holding elements that slide along an endless path and have frames in which slides are held. A condensing lens is mounted and guided for movement from a normal operating position close to the slide-projectio...

A projector comprising a film supply support and a film receiving support for film supply means and film receiving means, respectively, means for advancing film from said film supply means to said film receiving means, a light source providing light through said film, an image surface, an optical system for projecting an image from the film to said image surface, said optical system comprising a lens of lower magnification and a lens of high magnification positioned transversely one to the other...

A compact electronic projector has separate optics and electronics compartments which are thermally and electromagnetically isolated from each other. In this manner closely spaced components are prevented from electrically or thermally interfering with each other, and high quality projected images can be maintained. The optics compartment contains a display assembly, such as a liquid crystal display panel and associated Fresnel lenses, which is mounted inside the projector so as to rotate betwee...

The present invention includes an invertible and orthoscopic LCD projector having a LCD panel for providing display information that is projected toward a display screen to form a display image. In a preferred embodiment, a converging Fresnel lens is positioned to receive the display information from the LCD panel and form a display object corresponding to the display image. The converging Fresnel lens has an optical center offset from the optical center of the LCD panel in an elevation directio...

A family of condenser lenses for an overhead projector (OHP) are designed to balance overall brightness in the projected image versus uniformity of illumination. The lenses are plano-convex and aspheric, and their conic constant is a function of the radius of curvature. The radius of curvature is further selected from a range which depends upon the size of the stage of the OHP. Preferred values of other parameters of the lens and OHP optical system are selected to complement the lens design. The...

A projector capable of obtaining a smooth motion picture display of high quality without significantly reducing the utilization efficiency of light includes a light source device, a first lens array, a second lens array, a superimposing lens, a liquid crystal display device, and a projective optical system. The superimposing lens includes an anamorphic optical system to shape illumination luminous fluxes from the second lens array into illumination luminous fluxes having a cross-sectional shape ...