US3146664A
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Indicia projection system
Assignee: Consolidated Electrodynamics Corp
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Filing: 1961-02-06
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Granted: 1964-09-01
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Expires: 1981-02-06
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Freeman Holland Hedges
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 06:24
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B17/00; G03B17/24; G03B17/245; G03B2217/00; G03B2217/24; G03B2217/242; G03B2217/243
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
159 words
APPARATUS FOR PROJECTING INDICIA ON A MOVING PHOTOSENSITIVE SURFACE COMPRISING A SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION, A PLURALITY OF INDICIA-FORMING TRANSPARENCIES, A PLATE DEFINDING A SLOT APERTURE THERETHROUGH DISPOSED THE TRANSPARENCIES FROM THE SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION, MEANS FOR MOVING THE TRANSPARENCIES RELATIVE TO THE PLATE APERTURE SO THAT THE INDICIUM FORMED BY A SELECTED TRANSPARENCY PROGRESSIVELY PASSES THE APERTURE, THE APERTURE HAVING A WIDTH IN THE DIRECTION OF RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE TRANSPARENCIES SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE INDICIA IN THE SAME DIRECTION, AND A MIRROR DISPOSED OPPOSITE THE PLATE FROM THE TRANSPARENCIES FOR REFLECTING LIGHT PASSING THE APERTURE TO THE SURFACE, THE TRANSPARENCIES AND THE PLATE APERTURE AND THE MIRROR BEING DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION AND THE MOVING PHOTO-SENSITIVE SURFACE SO THAT LIGHT FROM THE SOURCE PASSING THROUGH A TRANSPARENCY ALIGNED WITH THE APERTURE FALLS ON THE SURFACE AND PROGRESSIVELY RECORDS ON THE SURFACE A LATENT IMAGE OF THE INDICIA FORMED BY THE TRANSPARENCY.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
159 words
APPARATUS FOR PROJECTING INDICIA ON A MOVING PHOTOSENSITIVE SURFACE COMPRISING A SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION, A PLURALITY OF INDICIA-FORMING TRANSPARENCIES, A PLATE DEFINDING A SLOT APERTURE THERETHROUGH DISPOSED THE TRANSPARENCIES FROM THE SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION, MEANS FOR MOVING THE TRANSPARENCIES RELATIVE TO THE PLATE APERTURE SO THAT THE INDICIUM FORMED BY A SELECTED TRANSPARENCY PROGRESSIVELY PASSES THE APERTURE, THE APERTURE HAVING A WIDTH IN THE DIRECTION OF RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE TRANSPARENCIES SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DIMENSIONS OF THE INDICIA IN THE SAME DIRECTION, AND A MIRROR DISPOSED OPPOSITE THE PLATE FROM THE TRANSPARENCIES FOR REFLECTING LIGHT PASSING THE APERTURE TO THE SURFACE, THE TRANSPARENCIES AND THE PLATE APERTURE AND THE MIRROR BEING DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO THE SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION AND THE MOVING PHOTO-SENSITIVE SURFACE SO THAT LIGHT FROM THE SOURCE PASSING THROUGH A TRANSPARENCY ALIGNED WITH THE APERTURE FALLS ON THE SURFACE AND PROGRESSIVELY RECORDS ON THE SURFACE A LATENT IMAGE OF THE INDICIA FORMED BY THE TRANSPARENCY.
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