公开(公告)号：US20050226574A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-13

申请号：US11126074

申请日：2005-05-10

申请人： James Walker ,  Jacob Tymianski ,  Yongcheng Li ,  Bongsoo Lee ,  Jonathan Couch

发明人： James Walker ,  Jacob Tymianski ,  Yongcheng Li ,  Bongsoo Lee ,  Jonathan Couch

IPC分类号： B29C47/02 ,  B29C47/06 ,  B29C69/02 ,  B29D11/00 ,  D01D5/34 ,  G02B6/06 ,  G02B6/08 ,  G02B6/25 ,  G02B6/04 ,  B05D5/10

CPC分类号： B29D11/00663 ,  B29C48/001 ,  B29C48/0014 ,  B29C48/0018 ,  B29C48/05 ,  B29C48/07 ,  B29C48/08 ,  B29C48/156 ,  B29C48/21 ,  B29C48/30 ,  B29C48/307 ,  B29K2025/00 ,  B29K2033/12 ,  B29K2069/00 ,  B29K2105/0085 ,  B29L2007/008 ,  B29L2011/0075 ,  D01D5/34 ,  G02B6/06 ,  G02B6/08 ,  G02B6/25

摘要： This invention concerns a method and apparatus for manufacturing a sheet and a two-dimensional matrix of plastic optical fibers. The fibers may be of the step-index or graded-index type. Co-extrusion through a specially designed die is used to produce a sheet composed of a fiber array. The fiber sheet (ribbon) can be used for transmitting optical signals. These arrays may also be stacked and fused at high temperatures to form the two-dimensional matrix required for many applications such as large area image transfer. In addition, a high-speed, continuous manufacturing method is disclosed to produce a massive two-dimensional matrix of fibers. The method of manufacture permits high quality image transfer at low manufacturing cost in a wide array of geometries.