Fiber optic seal
CA 1112491 A · Owner: Stieff, Lorin R. · Inventors: Stieff, Lorin R.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A fiber optic bundle is placed through an object to be sealed. Ends of the fibers are spread and threaded through one another in a random dispersion disorienting, the fibers. Randomly reoriented ends are regathered and clamped. A moveable reticle at a light input termini of the fibers creates unique identifiable patterns at the output end of the fibers. - 1 -
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- Granted November 17, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 17, 1998.
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