Method of making a fiber-optical image transmitting device

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR MAKING AN ENCODING DEVICE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF FIBER RIBBONS EACH EMBODYING A MULTIPLICITY OF LIGHT-CONDUCTING OPTICAL FIBERS, SAID FIBERS HAVING LIGHT-TRANSMITTING CORES OF A MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY HIGH INDEX OF REFRACTION AND LIGHTINSULATING CLADDINGS OF A MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY LOW INDEX OF REFRACTION, SAID FIBER CLADDINGS BEING SECURED TOGETHER FOR HOLDING SAID FIBER CORES IN SPACED SIDE-BY-SIDE PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER WITHIN SAID FIBER RIBBONS EXTENDING FROM END-TO-END OF SAID RIBBONS, STACKING SAID FIBER RIBBONS IN LAYERS WITH A PREDETERMINED, DIVERSIFIED ANGULAR RELATION BETWEEN RIBBON FIBERS IN SUCCESSIVE LAYERS SO THAT EACH OF SAID RIBBON FIBERS INTERSECTS AND EXTENDS CONTINUOUSLY BETWEEN EACH OF TWO SELECTED PLANES TO DEFINE SELECTED DIFFERENT GEOMETRICAL FIBER PATTERNS IN SAID PLANES, SECURING SAID FIBER RIBBONS TOGETHER IN SAID STACKED RELATION FOR HOLDING THE FIBER CORES IN ADJACENT RIBBONS IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER, CUTTING THROUGH SAID FIBER RIBBONS AT SAID SELECTED PLANES FOR CUTTING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH EACH OF SAID RIBBON FIBERS SO THAT CORRESPONDING CUT ENDS OF SAID FIBERS COOPERATE IN SAID SELECTED DIFFERENT GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS TO DEFINE RESPECTIVE PLANAR FACES IN SAID SELECTED PLANES, AND POLISHING SAID FACES FOR OPTICALLY FINISHING SAID CUT ENDS OF SAID FIBERS SO THAT, WHEN A LIGHT IMAGE IS PROJECTED UPON ONE OF SAID FACES, THE FIBER ENDS DEFINING SAID FACE ARE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE LIGHT FROM RESPECTIVE PORTIONS OF THE IMAGE AND TO TRANSMIT SAID LIGHT THERETHROUGH FOR REPRODUCING SAID IMAGE PORTIONS UPON THE OTHER OF SAID FACES IN A SCRAMBLED PATTERN OF PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR MAKING AN ENCODING DEVICE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF FIBER RIBBONS EACH EMBODYING A MULTIPLICITY OF LIGHT-CONDUCTING OPTICAL FIBERS, SAID FIBERS HAVING LIGHT-TRANSMITTING CORES OF A MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY HIGH INDEX OF REFRACTION AND LIGHTINSULATING CLADDINGS OF A MATERIAL OF RELATIVELY LOW INDEX OF REFRACTION, SAID FIBER CLADDINGS BEING SECURED TOGETHER FOR HOLDING SAID FIBER CORES IN SPACED SIDE-BY-SIDE PARALLEL RELATION TO EACH OTHER WITHIN SAID FIBER RIBBONS EXTENDING FROM END-TO-END OF SAID RIBBONS, STACKING SAID FIBER RIBBONS IN LAYERS WITH A PREDETERMINED, DIVERSIFIED ANGULAR RELATION BETWEEN RIBBON FIBERS IN SUCCESSIVE LAYERS SO THAT EACH OF SAID RIBBON FIBERS INTERSECTS AND EXTENDS CONTINUOUSLY BETWEEN EACH OF TWO SELECTED PLANES TO DEFINE SELECTED DIFFERENT GEOMETRICAL FIBER PATTERNS IN SAID PLANES, SECURING SAID FIBER RIBBONS TOGETHER IN SAID STACKED RELATION FOR HOLDING THE FIBER CORES IN ADJACENT RIBBONS IN SPACED RELATION TO EACH OTHER, CUTTING THROUGH SAID FIBER RIBBONS AT SAID SELECTED PLANES FOR CUTTING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH EACH OF SAID RIBBON FIBERS SO THAT CORRESPONDING CUT ENDS OF SAID FIBERS COOPERATE IN SAID SELECTED DIFFERENT GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS TO DEFINE RESPECTIVE PLANAR FACES IN SAID SELECTED PLANES, AND POLISHING SAID FACES FOR OPTICALLY FINISHING SAID CUT ENDS OF SAID FIBERS SO THAT, WHEN A LIGHT IMAGE IS PROJECTED UPON ONE OF SAID FACES, THE FIBER ENDS DEFINING SAID FACE ARE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE LIGHT FROM RESPECTIVE PORTIONS OF THE IMAGE AND TO TRANSMIT SAID LIGHT THERETHROUGH FOR REPRODUCING SAID IMAGE PORTIONS UPON THE OTHER OF SAID FACES IN A SCRAMBLED PATTERN OF PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION.