Patent ID: 7262855
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: G01J

Abstract:
1. A color measurement instrument comprising: a housing having an opening; illuminator means within said housing for illuminating a sample; detector means within said housing for detecting light reflected from the sample; an optical path extending from said illumination means to the sample and from the sample to said detector means, said optical path passing through said opening; a first optical element having a first property; a second optical element having a second property; and an element support means for supporting said first and second optical elements, said support means being movable between a first position in which said first optical element is aligned with the optical path and covers the opening and a second position in which said second optical element is aligned with said optical path and covers the opening, wherein said housing has a plurality of said openings, and wherein said illuminator means includes a plurality of illuminators each directing illumination through one of said openings.