Segmented mirror
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1. In a mirror, the combination comprising:
- (a) a support,(b) a myriad of surfaces carried by the support, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common direction generally parallel to the general direction of incident radiation to be reflected, said surfaces being radiation reflecting surfaces each oriented in such a way that as a group they collectively reflect radiation essentially as if they were a continuous reflecting surface,(c) each of said surfaces having a periphery comprising an irregular series of line segments which are connected and curved, the peripheries of said surfaces, when projected in said common offset direction onto a plane perpendicular thereto, contiguously conforming to one another.
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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 a mirror, the combination comprising:
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(a) a support, (b) a myriad of surfaces carried by the support, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common direction generally parallel to the general direction of incident radiation to be reflected, said surfaces being radiation reflecting surfaces each oriented in such a way that as a group they collectively reflect radiation essentially as if they were a continuous reflecting surface, (c) each of said surfaces having a periphery comprising an irregular series of line segments which are connected and curved, the peripheries of said surfaces, when projected in said common offset direction onto a plane perpendicular thereto, contiguously conforming to one another. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 26)
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21. In a mirror, the combination comprising:
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(a) a support, and (b) a myriad of surfaces carried by the support, certain of said surfaces dimensionally offset from one another in a common direction generally parallel to the average direction of incident light to be reflected, there being one group of surfaces representing one continuous reflecting surface, and there being a second group of reflecting surfaces representing another continuous reflecting surface, and said individual surfaces from both groups of surfaces being contiguously interspersed to cover the entire area of the mirror. - View Dependent Claims (22, 24, 25)
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