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Method of making a mold for a segmented mirror
Assignee: Roxor Corp
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Filing: 1981-02-10
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Granted: 1983-01-18
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Expires: 2001-02-10
Abstract
Abstract A mirror comprises a myriad of reflecting surfaces so aligned as to produce a virtual image which may be plain or focused. The surfaces may be irregular in outline to minimize or prevent glint patterns.
Inventors
- 👤 C. James Blom
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 04:49
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R1/00; B60R1/02; B60R1/08; B60R1/081; B60R1/082; B29; B29D; B29D11/00; B29D11/00596; G; G02; G02B; G02B27/00; G02B27/0018; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S359/00; Y10S359/90; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49789; Y10T29/49796
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
155 words
In the method of providing a myriad of irregularly outlined surfaces carried by a support to form a mold, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common longitudinal direction generally parallel to incident radiation to be reflected, said surfaces corresponding to radiation reflecting surfaces each oriented in such a way that as a group that collectively reflect radiation essentially as if they were a continuous reflecting surface, the steps that include: (a) cutting irregularly outlined segments of a body to form said irregularly outlined surfaces, facing in said longitudinal direction, and to form spaces between the segments, (b) longitudinally translating said segments in said common longitudinal direction relatively toward a conforming surface while blocking lateral displacement of said segments, thereby maintaining said spaces and bringing said segments into a position wherein the segment surfaces touch said conforming surface, (c) and thereafter fixing said segments in said position to form the mold.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
155 words
In the method of providing a myriad of irregularly outlined surfaces carried by a support to form a mold, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common longitudinal direction generally parallel to incident radiation to be reflected, said surfaces corresponding to radiation reflecting surfaces each oriented in such a way that as a group that collectively reflect radiation essentially as if they were a continuous reflecting surface, the steps that include: (a) cutting irregularly outlined segments of a body to form said irregularly outlined surfaces, facing in said longitudinal direction, and to form spaces between the segments, (b) longitudinally translating said segments in said common longitudinal direction relatively toward a conforming surface while blocking lateral displacement of said segments, thereby maintaining said spaces and bringing said segments into a position wherein the segment surfaces touch said conforming surface, (c) and thereafter fixing said segments in said position to form the mold.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of forming the surfaces of claim 1 wherein said (a) step includes employing a laser beam to cut said irregularly outlined surfaces.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
The method of claim 1 including casting a mirror media against said irregularly outlined and translated surfaces.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said step of blocking lateral displacement of the segments includes forming longitudinal guide openings in said body, prior to said cutting step, to intersect the intended peripheries of the irregularly outlined segments.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said blocking step also includes longitudinally extending guides into said guide openings, to guide said longitudinal translation of the segments.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 5 including locating certain guides to block lateral translation of the segments during said longitudinal translation thereof, and to hold the segments in their original lateral juxtapositions after translation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 6 wherein said locating of the guides includes providing a block having openings therein to receive extensions of the guides, and locating the extensions of the guides between segments in said openings in the block.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
17 words
The method of any of claims 1, 3, 6 and 7 including peripherally constricting the translated segments.
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