Patent · US Expired

Method of manufacturing an image magnification device

US5376201A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1993
Grant dateDec 27, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 30, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T156/1052
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A process for manufacturing a fiber optic display screen is disclosed where a fiber is guided onto a revolving drum and disposed into input and output clamps located on the surface of the drum. The fiber guiding device allows the fiber to be precisely located on the surface of the drum in a hexagonal offset pattern in corresponding locals in the input and output clamps. The strand is continuously guided over several layers of long thin rectangular slotted spacers until the desired height of the display is created. The fibers between the output spacers are then cut to form two or more rectangular or square shaped fiber optic display screen apparatus. Large display screens can be constructed by placing several sections of these display apparatus together.

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