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Light trapping filter and method of making

  • US 3,295,968 A
  • Filed: 06/11/1962
  • Issued: 01/03/1967
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1962
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A METHOD OF PRODUCING AN AMBIENT LIGHT TRAPPING FILTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL DEPTHWISE SPACED FILTER ELEMENTS OF GRID FORM IN PREDETERMINED REGISTRY, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF:

  • APPLYING TO A TRANSPARENT BASE LAYER A LAMINATE CONSISTING OF A PLURALITY OF LAYERS OF PHOTO-SENSITIVE MATERIAL SEPARATED BY LAYERS OF NONPHOTO-SENSITIVE MATERIAL;

    ALL OF SAID LAYERS BEING BONDED TOGETHER AND BEING PERMEABLE IN-SITU BY A PHOTO-DEVELOPING FLUID;

    PLACING OVER AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID LAMINATE A MASK HAVING TRANSPARENT PORTIONS CORRESPONDING TO A PREDETERMINED GRID PATTERN WITH OPAQUE PORTIONS THEREBETWEEN;

    EXPOSING SAID LAMINATE TO A SOURCE OF LIGHT PASSING THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT PORTIONS OF SAID MASK TO PRODUCE LATENT IMAGES OF CORRESPONDING GRID PATTERNS IN EACH OF SAID PHOTO-SENSITIVE LAYERS IN PREDETERMINED REGISTRY WITH EACH OTHER;

    AND DEVELOPING SAID LATENT IMAGES INTO PERMANENT VISIBLE FOR, RETAINING ALL OF THE MATERIAL OF SAID LAYERS IN PLACE TO PRODUCE A FINAL LAMINATE OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THICKNESS CONSTITUTING A TRANSPARENT PANEL BEARING BETWEEN ITS FACES A PLURALITY OF DEPTHWISE SPACED PATTERNS OF GRID MARKINGS IN PRECISE REGISTRY.

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