Patent ID: 6396649
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A housing for an optical instrument which housing is provided with an inner surface providing at a plurality of channel means extending there across at least two of which are arranged to join or interesect, each channel means having, in lateral section, at least two of at least partially planar sides thereof each having two longitudinal edges, of which one longitudinal edge of each side is common, and the other longitudinal edge of one side adjoins the inner surface, and the other longitudinal edge of the other side is remote from the inner surface, wherein the two sides are positioned at right angles with respect to each other so as to provide two reference surfaces against which a plurality of optical components can be positioned and wherein the longitudinal edge of each channel means remote from the inner surface is continuous with the corresponding longitudinal edge of the at least one other channel means, such that a common optical axis is provided when a number of optical components are positioned within each of said channels.