Method of making a mold for a segmented mirror
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1. In the method of providing a myriad of irregularly outlined surfaces carried by a support to form a mold, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common longitudinal direction generally parallel to incident radiation to be reflected, said surfaces corresponding to radiation reflecting surfaces each oriented in such a way that as a group that collectively reflect radiation essentially as if they were a continuous reflecting surface, the steps that include:
- (a) cutting irregularly outlined segments of a body to form said irregularly outlined surfaces, facing in said longitudinal direction, and to form spaces between the segments,(b) longitudinally translating said segments in said common longitudinal direction relatively toward a conforming surface while blocking lateral displacement of said segments, thereby maintaining said spaces and bringing said segments into a position wherein the segment surfaces touch said conforming surface,(c) and thereafter fixing said segments in said position to form the mold.
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Abstract
A mirror comprises a myriad of reflecting surfaces so aligned as to produce a virtual image which may be plain or focused. The surfaces may be irregular in outline to minimize or prevent glint patterns.
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1. In the method of providing a myriad of irregularly outlined surfaces carried by a support to form a mold, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common longitudinal direction generally parallel to incident radiation to be reflected, said surfaces corresponding to radiation reflecting surfaces each oriented in such a way that as a group that collectively reflect radiation essentially as if they were a continuous reflecting surface, the steps that include:
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(a) cutting irregularly outlined segments of a body to form said irregularly outlined surfaces, facing in said longitudinal direction, and to form spaces between the segments, (b) longitudinally translating said segments in said common longitudinal direction relatively toward a conforming surface while blocking lateral displacement of said segments, thereby maintaining said spaces and bringing said segments into a position wherein the segment surfaces touch said conforming surface, (c) and thereafter fixing said segments in said position to form the mold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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