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Method of producing varied line-space diffraction gratings

Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1985-10-03
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Granted: 1987-09-01
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Expires: 2005-10-03
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Abstract

Abstract In a method of producing diffraction gratings by feeding either one of a blank or a groove-ruling tool by an amount consisting of the amount of constant transference and the amount of variable transference that is added thereto, or subtracted therefrom, while reciprocally moving the other one of said blank or said groove-ruling tool, in order to rule grooves of irregular intervals on said blank, a method of producing varied line-space diffraction gratings wherein the region of ruling is divided into a plurality of small regions so that the difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of distance between grooves becomes smaller than a predetermined value, and the amount of constant transference is set to the nearly equal to an average distance between grooves in each of said small regions.

Inventors

  • 👤 Toshiaki Kita
  • 👤 Tatsuo Harada

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 11:07
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B5/00; G02B5/18; G02B5/1847; G02B5/1852; B; B43; B43L; B43L13/00; B43L13/24; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S359/00; Y10S359/90

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 132 words
In a method of producing diffraction gratings by feeding either one of a blank or a groove-ruling tool by an amount consisting of the amount of constant transference and the amount of variable transference that is added thereto, or subtracted therefrom, while reciprocally moving the other one of said blank or said groove-ruling tool, in order to rule grooves of irregular intervals on said blank, a method of producing varied line-space diffraction gratings wherein the region of ruling is divided into a plurality of small regions so that the difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of distance between grooves becomes smaller than a predetermined value, and the amount of constant transference is set to be nearly equal to an average distance between grooves in each of said small regions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 132 words
In a method of producing diffraction gratings by feeding either one of a blank or a groove-ruling tool by an amount consisting of the amount of constant transference and the amount of variable transference that is added thereto, or subtracted therefrom, while reciprocally moving the other one of said blank or said groove-ruling tool, in order to rule grooves of irregular intervals on said blank, a method of producing varied line-space diffraction gratings wherein the region of ruling is divided into a plurality of small regions so that the difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of distance between grooves becomes smaller than a predetermined value, and the amount of constant transference is set to be nearly equal to an average distance between grooves in each of said small regions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 30 words
A method of producing varied line-space diffraction gratings according to claim 1, wherein said amount of constant transference and said amount of variable transference are determined by speed change gears.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 23 words
A method of producing varied line-space diffraction gratings according to claim 1, wherein the groove-ruling tool is reciprocally moved while feeding said blank.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 23 words
A method of producing varied line-space diffraction gratings according to claim 1, wherein said blank is reciprocally moved while feeding said groove-ruling tool.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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