Patent ID: 8582095
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A spectrometer measuring head for an optical spectrometer system for analyzing characteristic variables of a liquid, pasty or solid substance, said spectrometer measuring head comprising: a pivotally mounted mirror, at least one source for optical radiation or a device which couples out optical radiation, a housing with a window, a reference body, a drive for pivoting the mirror, and at least one light guide, wherein the pivotally mounted mirror and the at least one source for optical radiation or the device which couples out optical radiation are arranged in the housing such that the optical radiation strikes either the reference body in the housing or, via the window of the housing, the substance by pivoting the mirror, and the pivotally mounted mirror is mechanically coupled to said drive in the housing, and the at least one light guide is arranged in the housing such that at least some of the optical radiation reflected by the surface of either the reference body or the substance is coupled into the light guide, the spectrometer measuring head further comprising a rocker mounted for pivoting movement on a swivel joint, said rocker having two arms, one on either side of the swivel joint, wherein the mirror is the first arm of the rocker and the drive is coupled to the second arm of the rocker.