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Abstract
Abstract A METHOD FOR FORMING A CONTINUOUS PHOTOGRPAH OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT WHICH INCLUDES MOVING EITHER THE OBJECT OR A CAMERA CONTINUOUSLY SO THAT THE CAMERA VIEWS THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE OBJECT IN A SINGLE CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT AND PASSING A NARROW BAND OF LIGHT FROM THE OBJECT ONTO A MOVING FILM STRIP WHICH CONTINUOUSLY MOVES PAST THE LIGHT RECEIVING MECHANISM OF THE CAMERA TO CONTINUOUSLY EXPOSE THE FILM STRIP. THIS CONTINUOUS PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE OBJECT CAN THEN BE PRINTED ON A THERMOPLASTIC OR OTHER FORMABLE MATERIAL AND THE THERMOPLASTIC THEN MOLDED ABOUT THE ORIGINAL OBJECT PHOTOGRPAHED, OR A MODEL OF THE OBJECT HAVING THE SAME CONTOURS, TO FORM A MOLDED ARTICLE; OR THE CONTINUOUS PHOTOGRAPH CAN BE RE-PROJECTED ONTO A MODEL OF THE OBJECT HAVING THE SAME CONTOURS AS THE ORIGINAL OBJECT, AND WHOSE SURFACE IS LIGHT SENSITIVE TO THEREBY DEVELOP THE PHOTOGRAPH ONTO THE SECOND OBJECT.
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- 👤 Jerome H Lemelson
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