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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Roger W Pryor, Trumbull, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pitney-Bowes, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502 / ; 356374 ;
Abstract
A moire optical transducer is described which has a minimal optical operating error. In normal moire grating sets, the lines of the gratings each inherently possess a periodic error in line spacing. This periodic error cannot be eliminated, but through the use of the instant invention, its influence on the optical operation of the transducer can be minimized. The stationary grating set has at least one window of grating lines. The length of the window is made to be a length which is a multiple of the length of the periodic error in the movable grating set. The net result is a decisive cancellation of a major portion of the error.