US 11,747,615 B2
Optical component protector
Andrew Subratie, Surrey (GB)
Filed by Andrew Subratie, Surrey (GB)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/116,223.
Application 18/116,223 is a continuation of application No. 17/057,911, previously published as PCT/GB2019/051422, filed on May 23, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1808468 (GB), filed on May 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0204946 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 1/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); B08B 5/02 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC G02B 27/0006 (2013.01) [B08B 5/02 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); G03B 17/56 (2013.01); B08B 2205/005 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protector for an optical component on an imaging device, said protector comprising:
a frame having a top section, a bottom section, and a first side and a second side at two ends of the frame, and wherein the top section is located above, elevation-wise, the bottom section and wherein the first side has a first frame sidewall and the second side has a second frame sidewall;
a single transparent plate positioned on the frame between the first frame sidewall and the second frame sidewall;
an elongated body defining a hollow chamber located closer to the top section of the frame than the bottom section of the frame, the hollow chamber being in fluid communication with an elongate nozzle;
a first planar surface on the single transparent plate and a second planar surface on the single transparent plate opposing the first planar surface; and
wherein the nozzle is positioned relative to the single transparent plate to direct gas from the hollow chamber through the nozzle and across at least part of the first planar surface of the single transparent plate.