Abstract:
A display system which responds to a light image to form a viewable image. The system is sealed and is filled with a fluid carrying a dilute suspension of electrically photosensitive particles between two conductive plates. If an image is focused onto the space between the plates and a voltage established therebetween, the particles in contact with the inner surface of the conductive plates will migrate from light-struck areas of the plates. After the fluid has been circulated for an appropriate time after imaging, the fluid circulation is directed through a filter, which replaces the fluid between the plates with fluid having the undeposited particles removed. Various provisions for viewing the images formed within the display system are described.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for applying opposite polarity, equal magnitude charging currents to a surface to be charged are provided according to the present invention. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention at least two corotrons are energized by a floating power supply exhibiting substantially constant current characteristics. The positive terminal of the floating power supply is connected to a coronode of one of the at least two corotrons while the negative terminal of the floating power supply is connected to the coronode of another one of such at least two coronodes. Additionally, the shields of each of such at least two corotrons are interconnected through a current limiting impedance so that current flow between the shields of the at least two corotrons is maintained within a selected range whereupon the ion charging current produced by each of the corotrons is maintained at substantially uniform magnitude levels.
Abstract:
METHOD AN APPARATUS FOR SCRAMBLING AND RECONSTRUCTING A DOCUMENT PATTERN SO THAT THE RESULTING SCRAMBLED VERSION IS UNINTELLIGIBLE TO THE OBSERVER AND WHEREIN PRECISE REGISTRATION OF THE SCRABLED VERSION WITH AN UNSCRAMBLING UNIT IS UNECESSARY. IN THE FIRST EMBODIMENT, A BUNDLE OF FIBERS OPTICS HAVE THE ENDS THEREOF PLACED IN CONTACT WITH A DOCUMENT AND A RECORDING SURFACE. THE DOCUMENT END OF THE FIBERS OPTICS IS FORMED INTO AN ORDERLY ARRAY OF ROWS AND COLUMNS, WHILE THE RECORDING END OF THE BUNDLE HAS THE INDIVIDUAL FIBERS FORMED INTO A SERIES OF CORRESPONDING MATHEMATICALLY CONTINUOUS CURVES. IN THE SECOND EMBODIMENT, A FIBER OPTIC BUNDLE HAS ONE END FORMED AS A SINGLE STRAIGHT LINE AND THE OTHER END AS A MATHEMATICALLY CONTINUOUS CURVE, WHEREIN THE STRAIGHT LINE END OF THE FIBER OPTIC BUNDLE IS USED TO SCAN IN ORIGINAL WHILE THE CURVED END SIMULTANEOUSLY COMPOSES THE DISTORTED IMAGE ON A COPY SURFACE.
Abstract:
An edge-notched card retrieval system wherein a first group of interposer rods selectively and sequentially interrogate the code positions along one edge of a group of cards while a second group of interposer rods interrogate the code positions along another edge which is perpendicular to the first-mentioned edge. The coded card has at least two perpendicular edges bearing code notches and/or teeth. The code on one edge is the complement of the code on the other edge.
Abstract:
Electrographic recording apparatus utilizing a linear array of conductive styli which is moved in contact with an insulating recording medium along a path through a recording zone and to which are applied signals representative of information to be recorded in the form of latent electrostatic charge patterns. These latent patterns are rendered visible by the application thereto of electroscopic marking particles carried by a fibrous developer which is positioned parallel to and coextensive with the recording zone for rotation about an axis and into contact with the recording medium in the recording zone while the linear array is in motion during its recording cycle.
Abstract:
A DISPLAY SYSTEM WHICH RESPONDS TO A LIGHT IMAGE TO FORM A VIEWABLE IMAGE. THE SYSTEM IS SEALED AND IS FILLED WITH A FLUID CARRYING A DILUTE SUSPENSION OF ELECTRICALLY PHOTOSENSITIVE PARTICLES BETWEEN TWO CONDUCTIVE PLATES. IF AN IMAGE IS FOCUSED ONTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE PLATES AND A VOLTAGE ESTABLISHED THEREBETWEEN, THE PARTICLES IN CONTACT WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF THE CONDUCTIVE PLATE WILL MIGRATE FROM LIGHT STRUCK AREAS OF THE PLATES. AFTER THE FLUID HAS BEEN CIRCULATED FOR AN APPROPIATE TIME AFTER IMAGING, THE FLUID CIRCULATION IS DIRECTED THROUGH A FILTER, WHICH REPLACES THE FLUID BETWEEN THE PLATES WITH FLUID HAVING THE UNDEPOSITED PARTICLES REMOVED. VARIOUS PROVISIONS FOR VIEWING THE IMAGES FORMED WITHIN THE DISPLAY SYSTEM ARE DESCRIBED.