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Three dimensional unaided viewing apparatus

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-12-30
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Granted: 1967-06-13
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Expires: 1984-12-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Robert B Collender

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 21:30
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B37/00; G03B37/02; G02; G02B; G02B30/00; G02B30/20; G02B30/22; G02B30/24; G02B30/26; G02B30/27

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 263 words
A SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCING STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS FOR OBSERVATION BY PLURAL OBSERVERS, IN THE ABSENCE OF VISUAL AIDS AT THE EYES OF SAID OBSERVERS, COMPRISING; (A) FIRST PLURAL MEANS FOR FORMING PERMANENT SIGNAL IMAGE RECORDS IN NUMBER GREATER THAN TWO OF A VIEW TO BE STEREOSCOPICALLY REPRODUCED, HAVING (B) SECOND MEANS FOR POSITIONING EACH OF SAID FIRST PLURAL MEANS AT DIFFERENT CIRCUMFERENTIAL POSITIONS AROUND THE CENTER OF A UNIFIED LOCATION OF SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS FOR RADIALLY ACCEPTING AN IMAGE OF SAID VIEW, AND (C) THIRD MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS TOGETHER AROUND SAID CENTER OF THE LOCATION OF SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS; (D) FOURTH PLURAL MEAN EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE PLURALITY OF SAID FIRST PLURAL MEANS, FOR RADIALLY PROJECTING VISIBLE IMAGES FROM SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS, HAVING (E) FIFTH MEANS FOR POSITIONING EACH OF SAID FOURTH PLURAL MEANS AT DIFFERENT CIRCUMFERENTIAL POSITIONS AROUND THE CENTER OF A UNIFIED LOCATION OF SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS CORRESPONDING TO THE SAID DIFFERENT CIRCUMFERENTIAL POSITIONS OF SAID SECOND MEANS, (F) SIXTH MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID FOURTH AND FIFTH MEANS TOGETHER AROUND SAID CENTER OF THE LOCATION OF SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS, (G) A SCREEN SURROUNDING SAID FOURTH MEANS FOR RECEIVING AN UNOBSTRUCTED IMAGE PROJECTED FROM SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS, AND (H) AN ESSENTIALLY OPAQUE MEMBER IN FRONT OF SAID SCREEN, SAID MEMBER HAVING MEANS FOR TRAVERSING SAID SCREEN WITH PLURAL NARROW VERTICAL TRANSPARENT PORTIONS, WHEREBY SAID STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS ARE REVEALED THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT PORTIONS OF SAID OPAQUE MEMBER TO AN OBSERVER WHO VIEWS SAID SCREEN THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT PORTIONS OF SAID OPAQUE MEMBER.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 263 words
A SYSTEM FOR REPRODUCING STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS FOR OBSERVATION BY PLURAL OBSERVERS, IN THE ABSENCE OF VISUAL AIDS AT THE EYES OF SAID OBSERVERS, COMPRISING; (A) FIRST PLURAL MEANS FOR FORMING PERMANENT SIGNAL IMAGE RECORDS IN NUMBER GREATER THAN TWO OF A VIEW TO BE STEREOSCOPICALLY REPRODUCED, HAVING (B) SECOND MEANS FOR POSITIONING EACH OF SAID FIRST PLURAL MEANS AT DIFFERENT CIRCUMFERENTIAL POSITIONS AROUND THE CENTER OF A UNIFIED LOCATION OF SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS FOR RADIALLY ACCEPTING AN IMAGE OF SAID VIEW, AND (C) THIRD MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEANS TOGETHER AROUND SAID CENTER OF THE LOCATION OF SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS; (D) FOURTH PLURAL MEAN EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE PLURALITY OF SAID FIRST PLURAL MEANS, FOR RADIALLY PROJECTING VISIBLE IMAGES FROM SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS, HAVING (E) FIFTH MEANS FOR POSITIONING EACH OF SAID FOURTH PLURAL MEANS AT DIFFERENT CIRCUMFERENTIAL POSITIONS AROUND THE CENTER OF A UNIFIED LOCATION OF SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS CORRESPONDING TO THE SAID DIFFERENT CIRCUMFERENTIAL POSITIONS OF SAID SECOND MEANS, (F) SIXTH MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID FOURTH AND FIFTH MEANS TOGETHER AROUND SAID CENTER OF THE LOCATION OF SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS, (G) A SCREEN SURROUNDING SAID FOURTH MEANS FOR RECEIVING AN UNOBSTRUCTED IMAGE PROJECTED FROM SAID PLURAL IMAGE RECORDS, AND (H) AN ESSENTIALLY OPAQUE MEMBER IN FRONT OF SAID SCREEN, SAID MEMBER HAVING MEANS FOR TRAVERSING SAID SCREEN WITH PLURAL NARROW VERTICAL TRANSPARENT PORTIONS, WHEREBY SAID STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS ARE REVEALED THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT PORTIONS OF SAID OPAQUE MEMBER TO AN OBSERVER WHO VIEWS SAID SCREEN THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT PORTIONS OF SAID OPAQUE MEMBER.

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