Kerry Dwayne Dellinger

US Patent:

6995914, Feb 7, 2006

Filed:

Feb 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/782226

Inventors:

Kenneth E. Conley - Matthews NC, US
Mary E. Conley - Matthews NC, US
Kerry Dwayne Dellinger - Hickory NC, US

International Classification:

G02B 27/10

US Classification:

359619, 359900

Abstract:

A method of producing a lenticular sheet having anisotropic optical properties comprising the steps of providing a body of transparent material having a pair of opposing sides and an index of refraction greater than one; forming a plurality of lenses on the first side of said pair of opposing sides in pre-selected portions of the first side; and wherein the remainder of the first side of said pair of opposing sides outside the pre-selected lens portions is generally flat and transparent. A method of manufacturing a lenticular sheet comprising the steps of producing a transparent sheet by engraving a desired lens pattern over an entire cylinder or flat plate; placing a mask over selected lens areas; metal plating the unmasked areas to a thickness greater than the surface of the masked areas; and cutting the plated areas back to the level of the masked areas.

US Patent:

6556760, Apr 29, 2003

Filed:

Aug 31, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/386698

Inventors:

Kerry D. Dellinger - Hickory NC
Alan T. Parsons - Newton NC

Assignee:

Corning Cable Systems LLC - Hickory NC

International Classification:

G02B 600

US Classification:

385134, 385135, 385147, 30 904

Abstract:

A ribbon separation tool ( ) for separating optical fiber ribbons (C C C ) into subsets of optical fibers. Ribbon separation tool ( ) includes a stationary shearing device ( ), and a moveable shearing device ( ), the moveable shearing device ( ) is operative to move relative to the stationary shearing device ( ) during a shearing stroke. Optical fiber ribbon support elements ( ), with optical fiber ribbon receiving slots ( ) being defined therebetween, are adjacent shearing devices ( ). Moveable shearing device ( ) is moveably located between optical fiber ribbon support elements ( ) and includes moveable sub-slots ( ). When a cover member ( ) of tool ( ) is in a closed position, stationary sub-slots ( ) of stationary shearing device ( ) are aligned with moveable sub-slots ( ) to define shearing slots ( ). Shearing slots ( ) are each sized to receive a respective optical fiber ribbon (C C C ), and each shearing slot straddles a shearing plane (M) defined between shearing devices ( ). At least one shearing device ( ) is monolithically formed of a single piece of material.