Abstract: A coordinate-measuring instrument has a purely mechanical device (14) to compensate for the weight of a vertically displaceable spindle (9). The compensation device consists of a helical-coil spring having a working range which is small as compared with its length in relaxed condition, and a belt transmission interposed between the spring and the spindle (9). The belt transmission is preferably developed in the manner of a block and tackle. A first or drive pulley engages and drives the belt for Z-axis positioning of the spindle, and a second or belt-tension pulley applies weight-compensating tension to the belt.

Abstract: Photographic exposure parameter indicating and setting accessory mechanism for a lens shutter housing, e.g. of a professional or studio camera, having a manually operatable exposure parameter setting device, e.g. an exposure time setting device, which in one embodiment contemplates a carrier directly mountable, e.g. removably, in simple manner on the housing, a guide plate mounted, e.g. releasably, on the carrier and a pointer lever pivotally and relatively movably guidedly mounted on the plate and having a pointer for pointing to a setting scale, e.g. time scale, on the plate and a connecting portion for articulated, e.g. removable, connection of the lever to the, e.g. time setting, device, and which in another embodiment further contemplates a slide slidably guided on and movable relative to the carrier and having a setting scale, e.g. diaphragm aperture scale, to which a pointer on the carrier points and a connecting portion for articulated, e.g.

Abstract: On professional camera shutters, with an objective comprising a lens system defining an objective light passage, and a polygonal diaphragm, the leaves of which can be actuated by means of a diaphragm actuator control curve cam and in turn be pivoted out of the shutter light passage by means of a steeply ascending cam curve portion, precautions have already been taken to allow adaptation to the given conditions of different shutter objective combinations. These include equipping the diaphragm actuator with an adjusting slide serving to limit the setting range and provided with a scale pointer, and equipping the shutter with a diaphragm scale which is adapted both to the shutter passage size and to the f-number of the objective and which can be attached only when a decision has been made on the combination of the shutter and objective.

Abstract: Diaphragm setting device for a photographic camera lens shutter, which comprises an elongate carrier mounted on the outer periphery of the shutter housing and a movable slider operatively connected to the diaphragm adjusting ring of the lens shutter, such that the slider is displaceably supported and guided on the carrier and has a scale corresponding to diaphragm settings, whereby, e.g. manual, displacement of the slider causes the diaphragm adjusting ring to adopt the setting indicated on the slider scale. The carrier and slider of the diaphragm setting device may be attached to the shutter housing, advantageously either by means of screw fastenings or by means of a quick attachment and release plug arrangement, i.e. at an exterior location on the front rather than on the rear of the shutter housing.

Abstract: A control device, particularly for use as a power supply for photographic equipment, having an internal power supply connectable to a current consumer of the control device by means of a plug and coupling, to which optionally an external power supply may be connected by a plug member the connection of which effectively disconnects the internal power supply.

Abstract: A photographic camera having a rear lens carrier with a ground-glass screen frame capable of receiving a separate film cassette insertable thereat, and having a front lens carrier frame provided with a between-the-lens shutter containing electromagnetically driven shutter segments and diaphragm blades; an electronic control device which is connectable to the camera for controlling the electromagnetic operation of the shutter segments and diaphragm blades; and an adapter which is mechanically connectable directly or indirectly to the rear lens carrier or ground-glass screen frame and which is electrically connectable to the electronic control device, and which is capable of converting mechanical switching pulses received at the camera upon insertion of the film cassette thereat into electrical pulses for controlling the control device and in turn the operation of the shutter segments and diaphragm blades, whereby to provide an automatic cassette mechanism usable in a camera having an electromagnetically driven

Abstract: Reflex camera having a focal plane shutter in the camera body and a time adjuster associated with the focal plane shutter, and an interchangeable variable central shutter objective and a time adjuster associated with the central shutter, the focal plane shutter adjuster having a setting position "C" (central shutter) in which the central shutter of the objective can be used for exposure settings, and the objective shutter adjuster having a setting position "F" (focal plane shutter) in which a lock is operated to block the closure drive of the shutter segment system of the central shutter so that the focal plane shutter can be used.

Abstract: A photographic camera having an objective incorporating an electrodynamic driving system for the diaphragm system, and also having a selector adjustable for a manual or automatic mode, in which the driving member for the diaphragm blades has a path limiting stop associated therewith which is selectively variable in its basic position by a manually operated diaphragm preselector ring, and which stop, in the manual mode, cooperates with a counterstop pin on the driving member to determine the correspondingly manually preselected position of the diaphragm blades, e.g. following shutter release on a camera with full aperture viewing, but which stop, in the automatic mode, is not utilized.

Abstract: Cable release arrangement which is connectable to the shutter of a camera, comprising two flexible power transmitting members which are provided, at one corresponding end, with an actuating handle formed as a common housing, and, at the other corresponding end, with a threaded connection, one transmitting member being used to release the shutter and the other transmitting member being used to actuate the diaphragm blades and/or the shutter segments for the purpose of viewing through the camera shutter, wherein the transmitting member for effecting shutter release is actuatable by direct finger pressure upon an axially displaceably mounted push rod therefor, whereas the transmitting member which acts upon the diaphragm blades and/or the shutter segments is actuatable indirectly by way of a switching device which progressively displaces its axially displaceably mounted push rod, and wherein the corresponding end pieces of the two transmitting members which guide the rods respectively, are combined in said housi

Abstract: An apparatus for supplying polishing and/or cooling liquid, including a storage container preferably removably supported on a supporting frame, a downwardly facing dished cover for the container pivotally mounted on the frame by a hinge joint assembly and having a bent-over edge whose outer peripheral dimension is slightly smaller than the corresponding inside peripheral dimension of the upper edge of the container to provide a clearance gap therebetween, with the cover supporting thereon various elements such as a discharge pipe and a pump assembly for conveying liquid from the container as well as a mechanism for varying the temperature of the liquid, and stops on the cover and hinge joint assembly, respectively, for determining the range of movement of the cover between closed and open positions relative to the container.

Abstract: Photographic camera such as a reflex camera, of the type having at least one automatic region in which the diaphragm blades of a diaphragm blade aperture system, incorporated in the objective lens arrangement connected, e.g. in front of a light sensitive element for sensing ambient light, are adjustable from an initial position corresponding to the smallest diaphragm aperture width to a diaphragm aperture width adequate for the prevailing light conditions, in dependence upon such sensed ambient light, by means of a driving member or driving ring of an energizable driving system for the diaphragm blade aperture system which is energizable with electrical current pulses, e.g.

Abstract: A control device independent of and designed for use with professional cameras for operating an electromagnetically drivable shutter or magnetic shutter and for determining and setting exposure values, wherein the device includes a power source and means for determining and setting exposure values, both of which are exchangeably or detachably connectable operatively via the control device to the magnetic shutter and to a light measuring or metering probe, the means for determining and setting the exposure values being adjustable to operate in a plurality of selective functional modes.

Abstract: Machine for grinding and polishing workpieces having a spherical surface, such as spectacle glasses, optical lenses, and the like, including a workpiece support disposed for rotation about a generally vertical axis for mounting the workpiece for exposure during the machining operation to the action of a work tool operatively applied under pressure against the workpiece for carrying out such action, the workpiece support having a spherical workpiece receiving surface provided with a predetermined radius of curvature generally corresponding to that of the spherical surface of the workpiece to be operatively mounted thereon and situated such that the center of the radius of curvature coincides with the rotation axis of the workpiece support, a work tool holder such as a pressure spindle sleeve for operatively holding the work tool for carrying out the grinding and polishing action and for maintaining the work tool against the workpiece under the applied pressure, a rocker connected to the work tool holder to for

Abstract: A shielding device for the protection of human embryo cells from the effects of radiation during examination by X-ray comprising a radiant absorbent protective screen rotatably secured to a supporting frame, the screen including a central protective plate of predetermined shape; a first plurality of protective displaceable sheets, a second plurality of protective sheets associated with said first protective sheets mounted in pairs and being rotatable on one pair of said first sheets and adjusting means to linearly displace the first protective sheets to vary the covering surface area of the screen.

Abstract: Interchangeable lens retaining means for photographic cameras, so designed that the interchangeable lens may be placed on or removed from the camera by a simple axial movement in the direction of the optical axis, without requiring the rotational or twisting movement required when a conventional bayonet type mount is used. Shoulders on the interchangeable lens are engaged by a plurality of pivoted latches on the camera, the parts being beveled so that the latches are automatically thrust aside as the interchangeable lens is brought toward its seated position on the camera, and then snap behind the retaining shoulders on the lens. The latches are coupled to each other so that all move in unison. A radially movable button on the lens operates a lever to disengage all of the latches on the camera, so that the lens may be removed axially from the camera.

Abstract: A photographic camera of the single lens reflex type, having provision for interchangeable lenses. Whenever a lens is not fully and properly engaged with and seated on the camera, the image on the focusing screen is blurred or altered from the normal image in a way to attract the attention of the photographer, so that he can make immediate correction before losing the opportunity to take the picture he wants.