Instrument for viewing separation color transparencies

• US 3,318,185 A
• Filed: 11/27/1964
• Issued: 05/09/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hermann Kott
• Original Assignee: Hermann Kott
• Inventors: HERMANN KOTT
• Application Number:
  US04/414,130
• Time in Patent Office: 893 Days
• US Class Current: 359/629
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/144 using partially transparent surfaces without spectral selectivity G02B27/147 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/145 having sequential partially reflecting surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/149 using crossed beamsplitting surfaces, e.g. cross-dichroic cubes or X-cubes

Claims

1. A VIEWER FOR SEPARATION COLOR TRANSPARENCIES COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF TRANSPARENCY SUPPORTS MOUNTED ON THE BASE MEMBER, A PLURALITY OF ILLUMINATORS, EACH ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THE TRANSPARENCY SUPPORTS, TO ILLUMINATE TRANSPARENCIES MOUNTED ON THE TRANSPARENCY SUPPORTS WITH DIFFERENT COLORS OF LIGHT RESPECTIVELY, AND SEMITRANSPARENT MIRROR MEANS FOR REFLECTING COLORED LIGHT FROM AT LEAST ONE OF THE TRANSPARENCY SUPPORTS AND TRANSMITTING LIGHT OF A DIFFERENT COLOR FROM ANOTHER TRANSPARENCY SUPPORT ALONG A COMMON AXIS TO PROVIDE A SYNTHESIZED COLOR IMAGE, INCLUDING A BLACK PRINTER TRANSPARENCY SUPPORT MOUNTED ON THE BASE MEMBER, A WHITE LIGHT ILLUMINATOR TO ILLUMINATE A TRANSPARENCY MOUNTED ON THE BLACK PRINTER TRANSPARENCY SUPPORT AND NEUTRAL PARTIALLY REFLECTIVE MIRROR MEANS FOR REFLECTING LIGHT FROM THE BLACK PRINTER TRANSPARENCY SUPPORT ALONG THE COMMON AXIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SYNTHESIZED COLOR IMAGE.