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Title: Large optics inspection, tilting, and washing stand

Patent ·
OSTI ID:992852

A large optics stand provides a risk free means of safely tilting large optics with ease and a method of safely tilting large optics with ease. The optics are supported in the horizontal position by pads. In the vertical plane the optics are supported by saddles that evenly distribute the optics weight over a large area.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
Patent Number(s):
7,782,555
Application Number:
12/492,999
OSTI ID:
992852
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (3)

A Decade of Cost-Reduction in Very Large Telescopes (The SST as Prototype of Special-Purpose Telescopes) book January 1989
Cleaning procedure for mirror coating at Subaru Telescope conference February 2003
Handling and transporting the 8.4-m mirrors for the Large Binocular Telescope conference September 2004

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