Elimination of internal reflections and diffractions from junctures in and at the periphery of, a segmented mirror
First Claim
1. In the method of manufacturing a transparent mold segmented mirror having individual sectors on a transparent molding and comprising a myriad of metallized layers providing reflecting adjacent surfaces at the back side of the mirror away from the viewer, and oriented to produce, in the eyes of a viewer, a single virtual image, or separate virtual images from separate portions of such molded mirror, said layers having thinned peripheries, there being a network of zones separating the individual reflecting surfaces, the step that comprises(a) substantially reducing undesirable reflections from said zones of separation by coating the back sides of said zones with material that includes a light absorber,(b) the coating carried out to cover zones between reflecting surfaces and the thinned peripheries of said metallized reflecting layers.
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Abstract
In a transparent molded segmented mirror having individual sectors on a transparent molding and comprising a myriad of reflecting surfaces at the rear side of the mirror away from the viewer, said surfaces located to produce, in the eyes of the viewer, a virtual image, or separate virtual images from separate portions of such molded mirror, there being zones separating the reflecting surfaces, the improvement comprising:
(a) a material coating said zones and which includes a light absorber,
(b) such material having approximately, the same index of refraction as the transparent molding,
(c) whereby undesirable reflections from said zone are substantially reduced, because light impinging thereon cannot be reflected, but is only absorbed.
Also, the thickness of light reflecting metallizing material defining the reflective surfaces may be thinned adjacent said zones, and the light absorptive coating may be applied over the thinned metallizing material; and the edges of the molding and of a glass backer may be coated with light absorptives material.
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1. In the method of manufacturing a transparent mold segmented mirror having individual sectors on a transparent molding and comprising a myriad of metallized layers providing reflecting adjacent surfaces at the back side of the mirror away from the viewer, and oriented to produce, in the eyes of a viewer, a single virtual image, or separate virtual images from separate portions of such molded mirror, said layers having thinned peripheries, there being a network of zones separating the individual reflecting surfaces, the step that comprises
(a) substantially reducing undesirable reflections from said zones of separation by coating the back sides of said zones with material that includes a light absorber, (b) the coating carried out to cover zones between reflecting surfaces and the thinned peripheries of said metallized reflecting layers.
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10. In a transparent molded segmented mirror having individual sectors on a transparent molding and comprising a myriad of metallized layers providing reflecting adjacent surfaces at the back side of the mirror away from the viewer, said surfaces oriented to produce, in the eyes of the viewer, one virtual image, or separate virtual images from separate portions of such molded mirror, said layers having thinned peripheries, there being a network of zones separating the individual reflecting surfaces, the improvement comprising:
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(a) a material coating the back sides of said zones, and which includes a light absorber, (b) the coating covering zones between reflecting surfaces and the thinned peripheries of said metallized reflecting layers, whereby undesirable reflections from said zones are substantially reduced. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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