Can decorating apparatus
In General In general, FIGS. 1-5 show a decorator apparatus comprising a mandrel wheel means 30 for receiving undecorated can body members 32 from an infeed means 34. Can body members 32 are supporte... Read More
Inventors: Stirbis, James S.; Rose, Chet L.; O'Hair, Roscoe W.;, Assignee: Adolph Coors Company (Golden, CO) |
Method of mechanical surface treatment of a blank metal sheet
We claim: 1. A method of mechanically structuring a blank surface of a sheet metal workpiece, comprising the steps of: (a) applying to said blank surface of said sheet metal workpiece an adherent but ... Read More
Inventors: Haiml, Gottfried; Langgartner, Johann;, Assignee: Austria Metall Aktiengesellschaft (Braunau am Inn, AT) |
Resealable flip-top can
In FIG. 1 is shown a view of a can top 10 of a conventional flip-top beverage can 11. Ridge 20 and the "CLOSED" (not shown but under ring 14) and "OPEN HERE" indicia are added to implement the presen... Read More
Inventors: Thibeault, Richard A.; Thibeault, Deborah M.;, Assignee: Preferred Cantop Corporation (Amherst, NH) |
Tamper evident and counterfeit resisting informational article and associated method
The present invention has met the above-described need by providing a means for an informational article, such as a temporary license plate as supplied by the state, to inherently resist counterfeitin... Read More
Inventors: Curiel, Yoram;, Assignee: TSL Incorporated (Aurora, CO) |
Techniques for transferring holograms into metal surfaces
The present invention meets the above-described needs by providing a process for producing a master die that can be used to manufacture many thousands of high quality decorated aluminum cans, can ends... Read More
Inventors: Schaefer, Mark W.; Levendusky, Thomas L.; Sheu, Simon; Larsen, Robert B.; Whittle, Neville C.;, Assignee: Aluminum Company of America (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Nanopastes for use as patterning compositions
The present invention provides methods of forming image areas on a substrate for a variety of applications, including lithographic printing plates and masks. In one embodiment, an image area is forme... Read More
Inventors: Ray, Kevin Barry; Shimazu, Ken-Ichi; Kitson, Anthony Paul;, Assignee: Kodak Graphics Communications Canada Company (Barnaby, CA) |
Electronic component packaging means, and supply mechanism for and method of supplying electronic components by using the electronic component packaging means
The present invention has been made with a view to overcoming the foregoing problems of the prior art. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide packaging means for packing electro... Read More
Inventors: Takahashi, Tetsuo; Araya, Shinichi; Takahashi, Kuniaki; Mogi, Kunio; Kudo, Koji; Ito, Takeshi; Ikeda, Hiroshi;, Assignee: TDK Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Optical storage medium, optical storage method, optical reading method, optical reading apparatus, optical retrieving method and optical retrieving apparatus
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances and has an object to provide an optical storage apparatus and optical storage method using thereof which can perform high-density... Read More
Inventors: Kawano, Katsunori; Nishikata, Yasunari; Ishii, Tsutomu;, Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., LTD (Tokyo, JP) |
Object detecting apparatus having case breakage detecting function
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an object detecting apparatus, which is capable of detecting incomplete air or fluid-tightness due to breakage of a case. According to the... Read More
Inventors: Hoashi, Yoshiaki;, Assignee: Denso Corporation (Kariya, JP) |
Optical recording film and process for production thereof
It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical recording film which can be a hologram excellent in diffraction efficiency, resolution and transmittance. It is another object of the pre... Read More
Inventors: Maeda, Koichi; Yamamoto, Hiroaki; Takigawa, Akio;, Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Tunable directional optical waveguide couplers
With reference to FIG. 1, the substrate for the PLC is shown at 11. The substrate may be glass or other suitable rigid support. The preferred substrate material is silicon which is used in so-called ... Read More
Inventors: Chandross, Edwin Arthur; Hale, Arturo; Kuck, Valerie Jeanne; Laskowski, Edward John; Madsen, Christi Kay; Scotti, Ronald Edward; Shmulovich, Joseph;, Assignee: Lucent Techolonogies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Optical switch
To attain the above first object, in an optical switch according to a first aspect of the present invention, a center line of a slit having two opposed side walls (physical reflection planes) is align... Read More
Inventors: Sakata, Tomomi; Togo, Hiroyoshi; Shimokawa, Fusao; Makihara, Mitsuhiro;, Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (JP) |
Optical switch
The present invention has been accomplished in view of the above problems and has an object to provide an optical switch capable of achieving the reduction of drive voltage and an increase of a deflec... Read More
Inventors: Shiraishi, Takashi;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kanagawa, JP) |
Light control film with reduced ghost images
According to the invention, a louvered plastic film has a plurality of clear regions separated by louvers. Each louver has a central region with a relatively high coefficient of extinction and outer r... Read More
Inventors: Melby, Jeffrey J.; Theirl, Scott G.;, Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (St. Paul, MN) |
Rear projection screen with light diffusion sheet and projector using same
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rear projection screen that can effectively reduce the reflection of the outside light in the lenticular lens array sheet without greatly decreasi... Read More
Inventors: Yamaguchi, Hiroshi; Ikeda, Kenichi;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Reference beam deflecting element for recording a hologram
In accordance with teachings of the present invention, a system and method are provided to prevent at least a portion of a reference beam from intersecting with an associated diffuser. A holographic d... Read More
Inventors: Klug, Michael A.;, Assignee: Zebra Imaging, Inc. (Pflugerville, TX) |
Optical filter employing holographic optical elements and image generating system incorporating the optical filter
The present invention relates to a solid state filter used in sequentially illuminating an image display, directly or indirectly, with first, second, and third bandwidth light. The solid state filter ... Read More
Inventors: Popovich, Milan M.; Nabors, C. David;, Assignee: SBG Labs, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Phase shift multifocal zone plate
The purpose of a multifocal lens, is to increase the number of foci to which incident light will converge. Unfortunately, whenever this has been done, it has been at the expense of the image brightnes... Read More
Inventors: Cohen, Allen L.;, Assignee: |
Multifocal objective
One object of the present invention is to produce a photographic objective, which is of particular use in moving picture and TV-cameras, making it possible in a single scene to provide sharp images of... Read More
Inventors: Alfredsson, Hans; Moller, Bo; Ingelstam, Erik; Ohlsson, Per-Olof; Vogl, Georg;, Assignee: AB Svensk Filmindustri (Stockholm, SE); Svenska Ord AB (Stockholm, SE) |
Objective lens system
A primary object of the present invention is to provide an objective lens system consisting of a single lens component and having aberrations corrected favorably within a broad range covering the offa... Read More
Inventors: Saito, Yoshiharu;, Assignee: Olympus Optical Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Diffractive multifocal optical device
The invention relates to a diffractive multifocal optical element comprising a phase zone plate containing annular concentric zones in which the zones are spaced substantially proportional to .sqroot.... Read More
Inventors: Cohen, Allen L.;, Assignee: |
Grating lens and focusing grating coupler
An object of the present invention is to provide a grating lens in which the spot diameter of a light beam can be made small without using a super-resolution filter. Another object of the present inve... Read More
Inventors: Aoyama, Shigeru; Tada, Masami; Hosokawa, Hayami; Horie, Noriyoshi; Yamashita, Tukasa;, Assignee: Omron Corporation (Kyoto, JP) |
Powerless field-corrective lens
Curvature of an optically imaged field, denoted .rho., arises in an optical imaging system when off-axis illumination of the imaging optics is utilized. As the illumination moves further from the opt... Read More
Inventors: Sasian-Alvarado, Jose M.;, Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Error detecting device for optical head
An object of this invention is to provide an error detecting device for an optical head which is small-sized and light, has a small astigmatic difference and is easy to align optical elements. This ob... Read More
Inventors: Fukui, Kenji; Kawai, Akira;, Assignee: Tosoh Corporation (Yamaguchi, JP) |
Optical recording/reproducing apparatus for optical disks with various disk substrate thicknesses
In consideration of the above drawbacks, it is an object of the invention to provide an optical disc apparatus which can record, reproduce, or erase information signals onto/from a plurality of optica... Read More
Inventors: Miyagawa, Naoyasu; Gotoh, Yasuhiro;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
High resolution imagery systems and methods
Systems and methods in accordance with the invention dispose at least one holographic areally distributed transmissive grating element in the optical train of a refractive optical system, one of the e... Read More
Inventors: Whitney, Theodore R.;, Assignee: |
Compound objective lens having two focal points
A first object of the present invention is to provide, with due consideration to the drawbacks of such a conventional objective lens having a focal point, a compound objective lens having two focal po... Read More
Inventors: Komma, Yoshiaki; Mizuno, Sadao; Nishino, Seji;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Superresolution scanning optical device
A first superresolution scanning optical device according to the present invention comprises image forming means for forming the image of light from a coherent light source unit in the form of a fine ... Read More
Inventors: Kato, Makoto; Kasazumi, Kenichi;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Method and apparatus for storage and retrieval with multilayer optical disks
The present invention offers a three-dimensional optical disk storage with significantly decreased crosstalk (high signal to noise ratio), and greatly reduced access time (increased bit-rate readout).... Read More
Inventors: Hasman, Erez; Friesem, Asher A.;, Assignee: Yeda Research & Development Co. Ltd. (Rehovot, IL) |
Optical head
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an optical head in which a diameter of a light spot formed on an optical head is smaller than a diffraction limitation for high density recorda... Read More
Inventors: Takahashi, Jun-ichi;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (JP) |
Optical Systems 
