.~.~ Having optical means to sense or adjust electrode position
DEFINITION
Classification: 445/64
Having optical means to sense or adjust electrode position:
(under subclass 63) Apparatus including means for determining or regulating the proper location of electric terminals by means of light, ultraviolet or infrared electromagnetic radiation.
(1) Note. The optical means may be a projecting apparatus for projecting an image of the filament of a lamp upon a screen or optical viewing means so that the operator of the apparatus can align the electrodes in proper position or means which include a photo-sensitive element to receive the light emitted by the filament of a lamp and to position the filament with respect to a base or connector when the light intensity is a maximum.
(2) Note. Most of the apparatus in this subclass are designed to position the filament of a lamp with respect to the base so as to make a prefocused lamp.
(3) Note. This subclass provides for all apparatus for positioning the electrodes by optical means even though another class may provide for the particular means used to assemble the electrodes. For example, apparatus for cementing a base to an electric lamp is in Class 156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture, but such apparatus, when provided with optical means to position the filament with respect to the base, is in this class (445).
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
4, for corresponding methods - see also the search notes thereunder.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
29, Metal Working, 720+, for assembly or disassembly apparatus having signal, scale, illuminator or optical viewer, and subclass 746 for an apparatus for assembling an electrical terminal in the manufacture of a device particularly adapted to transmit or utilize electrical energy.
156, Adhesive Bonding and Miscellaneous Chemical Manufacture,
379, for surface bonding means and/or assembly means therefor with inspecting and/or illuminating means.
356, Optics: Measuring and Testing,
123, for apparatus to adjust the focal position of a light filament generally with respect to a reflector or a lens.
