Method for the manufacture of optical image-transfer devices

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING AN OPTICAL IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE EMBODYING A MULTIPLICITY OF RELATIVELY LONG FIBERS OF RELATIVELY SMALL CROSS-SECTION HAVING THEIR OPPOSITE ENDS SECURED TOGETHER IN SUBSTANTIALLY INDENTICALLY GEOMETRICALLY ARRANGED PATTERNS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF WINDING A SERIES OF CONTINUOUS THREAD-LIKE LIGHT-CONDUCTING FIBERS UPON A MANDREL FOR FORMING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL SUBSTANTIALLY INDENTICAL HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS EACH EMBODYING ONE OF SAID FIBERS IN THE FORM OF A HELIX OF A CONTINUOUS THREAD-LIKE LIGHT-CONDUCTING FIBER HAVING CLOSE FITTING CONVOLUTES, SECURING SAID CONVOLUTES OF EACH OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT A LIMITED AREA THEREOF BY MEANS OF A RELATIVELY NARROW TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING STRIP OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL, REMOVING SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS FROM SAID MANDREL, FORMING AN ESSEMBLY OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS BY PROGRESSIVELY STACKING THE LIMITED AREAS OF SAID MEMBERS IN SUPERIMPOSED RELATION WITH EACH OTHER WITH THE HELIX DIRECTIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CONVOLUTES ALIGNED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND ACCURATELY SUPERIMPOSED UPON EACH OTHER AT LEAST THROUGHOUT SAID SECURED AREAS AND WITH SAID STRIPS OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL RELATIVELY ACCURATELY SUPERIMPOSED UPON EACH OTHER, BONDING THE RESPECTIVE ADJOINING ADHESIVE STRIPS OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS TOGETHER AS EACH IS STACKED UPON THE OTHER TO FORM A COMPOSITE UNITARY STRUCTURE THROUGHOUT A SECTION OF SAID ASSEMBLY OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS INCLUDING SAID SECURED AREAS OF THE MEMBERS, AND CUTTING THROUGH SAID SECTION IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE DIRECTION OF WIND OF THE CONVOLUTES OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS TO FORM SAID ENDS OF SAID IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FORMING AN OPTICAL IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE EMBODYING A MULTIPLICITY OF RELATIVELY LONG FIBERS OF RELATIVELY SMALL CROSS-SECTION HAVING THEIR OPPOSITE ENDS SECURED TOGETHER IN SUBSTANTIALLY INDENTICALLY GEOMETRICALLY ARRANGED PATTERNS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF WINDING A SERIES OF CONTINUOUS THREAD-LIKE LIGHT-CONDUCTING FIBERS UPON A MANDREL FOR FORMING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL SUBSTANTIALLY INDENTICAL HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS EACH EMBODYING ONE OF SAID FIBERS IN THE FORM OF A HELIX OF A CONTINUOUS THREAD-LIKE LIGHT-CONDUCTING FIBER HAVING CLOSE FITTING CONVOLUTES, SECURING SAID CONVOLUTES OF EACH OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT A LIMITED AREA THEREOF BY MEANS OF A RELATIVELY NARROW TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING STRIP OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL, REMOVING SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS FROM SAID MANDREL, FORMING AN ESSEMBLY OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS BY PROGRESSIVELY STACKING THE LIMITED AREAS OF SAID MEMBERS IN SUPERIMPOSED RELATION WITH EACH OTHER WITH THE HELIX DIRECTIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CONVOLUTES ALIGNED SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO AND ACCURATELY SUPERIMPOSED UPON EACH OTHER AT LEAST THROUGHOUT SAID SECURED AREAS AND WITH SAID STRIPS OF ADHESIVE MATERIAL RELATIVELY ACCURATELY SUPERIMPOSED UPON EACH OTHER, BONDING THE RESPECTIVE ADJOINING ADHESIVE STRIPS OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS TOGETHER AS EACH IS STACKED UPON THE OTHER TO FORM A COMPOSITE UNITARY STRUCTURE THROUGHOUT A SECTION OF SAID ASSEMBLY OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS INCLUDING SAID SECURED AREAS OF THE MEMBERS, AND CUTTING THROUGH SAID SECTION IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO THE DIRECTION OF WIND OF THE CONVOLUTES OF SAID HOOP-LIKE MEMBERS TO FORM SAID ENDS OF SAID IMAGE TRANSFER DEVICE.