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Plane linear grating for optically encoding information

US4528448A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 13, 1982
Grant dateJul 9, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03M1/30
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An encoding disk including a multiplicity of linear gratings placed accurately on the disk to diffract a light beam to a fixed point in space accurately does so independently of the centering of the disk on its axis of rotation.

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