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Texas Parks and Wildlife seek public opinion on two regulation changes
CORPUS CHRISTI - Texas Parks & Wildlife soon will seek your opinion on two very different regulation changes for the future.
One likely will reach the level of a proposal by January. It involves a 15,500-acre seagrass protection area near the JFK Causeway. This would look similar to the 32,000-acre Redfish Bay State Scientific Area, which has been in effect in its present form since 2005.
The Redfish Bay rule, which was originally touted as a way to preserve submerged turtle grass meadows within this high traffic section of the coast, prohibits the digging of a trench through any type of seagrass with an outboard prop, while allowing motorboats to navigate freely above the vegetation.
The negative environmental consequences of plowing through shallow flats should be clear by now. The legal consequences include fines as high as $500 for uprooting any submerged aquatic vegetation, though fewer than 20 citations and 30 warnings have been issued.
The other possible rule change on the horizon involves highly controversial low impact fishing areas (LIFA), which is defined by the folks who introduced the term here as a designated area open to all fishing methods, but closed to running motorized craft. The group endorses allowing motorized access within these areas during duck season. Run lanes to allow motorized ingress and egress within a LIFA could be included depending on geography, depth and habitat conditions of a specific area.
The group I'm referring to is Texas Wade, Paddle and Pole, a self proclaimed growing community of ethical and responsible coastal anglers. The group has deftly navigated the political process at TPW headquarters and has been an effective promoter of it cause through the Internet.
More on LIFAs later.
First let's talk about the seagrass protection issue, which will be the main topic of public input meetings between now and the Jan. 25-26 TPW Commission meeting. I'll let you know when the meeting schedule is set.
This new seagrass protection area would run north and south of the JFK Causeway, roughly from Pita Island to Dimmit Island, encompassing the Boathole, Deadman's Hole and the Humble Channel area.
If TPW staff gets the go-ahead, they could refine the plan and present the commission with a recommendation to establish the state's second state scientific area designation, which is required for the department to enforce boating rules.
If approved by the commission, the proposal will be published in the Texas Register. Another public comment period will follow. And then the proposal will be considered for final adoption at the March 28-29 commission meeting in Austin.
Seagrass protection has been a priority since at least the 1990s, when Texas recognized the need for planning a seagrass conservation strategy. The message was clear. Seagrasses are good for our fishery. Seagrass provides refuge for small and juvenile fishes, crabs and shrimp. Aquatic vegetation staves off erosion, helps maintain water clarity and quality while providing food for birds and affording anglers better fishing opportunities.
By the late 1990s, this had become a full-blown campaign to save the turtlegrass of Redfish Bay, which evolved into a successful effort with measurable results.
From the early stages, there was talk from outside the department about setting aside paddling areas or establishing nonmotorized zones. Public outcry virtually silenced these proposals, but only temporarily. The movement evolved into the Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trails, and other paddling trails, none of which carry motorboat restrictions. Some said from the outset this was asking for trouble because of the danger of inviting paddlers into a traditional airboat area.
Meanwhile the message that prevailed is to troll, drift, idle or use a push pole to reach sections of the bay deep enough to throttle up without gouging through seagrass. Education and outreach has been extensive, reaching thousands of boaters and anglers through articles, TV spots, Internet ads, direct mail, direct contact, and signage. New and young boaters receive educational materials on seagrass through boater education courses or boating safety classes.
Surveys before and after the Redfish Bay rule showed that 88 percent of respondents were aware of the regulation, and 87 percent of them reported that their boating behavior had changed. The most common change involved avoiding known shallow areas.
TPW biologists have been monitoring the Redfish Bay area since the beginning, recording the rate of new prop scarring and the recovery rate of existing ones. Recovery has been good in areas where propeller scarring has not continued. In 2010, the TPW Commission voted to indefinitely extend the law that prohibits uprooting seagrass with a boat propeller in the Redfish Bay area.
Convinced of the benefits, the department began to explore new areas for seagrass protection. They looked at five sites, from Galveston Island southward to South Bay near Brownsville.
The JFK site was chosen because of its heavy boat traffic, heavy seagrass coverage and potential for benefit. And because it's only 10 miles from the Redfish Bay SSA, TPW staffers believe most boaters already are familiar with the rules.
Seagrass protection has gained strong support because it is supported by science. LIFAs, on the other hand, is mostly a social issue in Texas.
Unlike in Florida, where these quiet no-motor zones are more accepted, we're not trying to protect manatees. We're trying to protect ourselves from aggravation, while preserving or enhancing the angling enjoyment of certain bay users.
This plan would not be nearly as contentious if it didn't upset the sacred tradition of navigable waters. Perhaps safety is the best argument surrounding this user conflict. Safety is of particular concern in areas such as the Lighthouse Lakes Paddling Trails, where limited sight distance is the rule. But if you're going to argue safety then you must eliminate any wide open flats as a LIFA candidate.
During a workshop in January called Challenges To Sharing and Conserving Our Bays, about 100 diverse bay users were invited to discuss and debate user conflicts and solutions.
Before and during early stages of the workshop some participants felt threatened by the prospect of low impact fishing areas. But the process seemed to work. LIFAs did not make the list of recommendations created by a 75 percent majority.
A lesser measure, which I supported, to create mandatory idle zones or no-wake zones in areas of the bay with limited sight distance, such as the maze of channels through mangroves in the Lighthouse Lakes, also was narrowly defeated after a spirited discussion. Another reasonable suggestion involving tall colorful flags attached to kayaks also was rejected at the workshop.
Both proponents and opponents of LIFAs expressed a belief that even at current traffic levels collisions between motorboats or airboats and kayaks are inevitable unless something is done. But that same 75 percent majority could not agree on a solution.
LIFAs were, however, included in the workshop's follow up survey and report, which got the attention of TPW commissioners, who asked staff to look at the survey results, as well as the LIFA concept for possible future action.
So that you know, 41.7 percent of responders to the workshop survey supported a temporary Texas test of the Florida no-motor model. Another 19.4 percent said TPW should study the effectiveness of this strategy. And nearly 46 percent said they would support a prop-up regulation change in the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area.
The scoping meetings should reveal whether the general angling public's attitude on LIFAs is similar to this outcome or very different.
The more interesting question is if any of this will have much bearing on whether LIFAs become part of the coastal landscape in Texas.
Direct comments on the JFK seagrass protection area or low impact fishing areas (LIFA) to Art Morris at 361-825-3356 or email@example.com.
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The committee found no evidence that beneficiaries or physicians are encountering difficulties in obtaining needed laboratory tests. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) has not received any complaints about access problems. Laboratory services are not a significant concern of consumer groups that speak for Medicare beneficiaries. There is no evidence of even limited problems, for example, in rural areas.
The number of laboratories has increased nationally since the fee schedule was established in 1984. A study by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) assessed the impact of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) on the number of laboratories, and their distribution, with particular attention to rural areas. In 1995, CLIA had issued 151,658 certificates for laboratories, including multiple certificates for the same site—for example, two or more separate laboratories located at the same hospital center. In its analysis, which counted only one of the multiple laboratories located at the same site, the OIG found an average of 51 clinical laboratories for every 100,000 persons and nearly one site for every four physicians. Of the more than 3,000 counties in the country, only 66 had no laboratory site (38 of these had no physician medical practice site). Rural counties had nearly the same number of laboratories per capita as non-rural counties (OIG, 1995).
Between 1985 and 1995, the number of Medicare beneficiaries increased by less than 3 percent a year. The number of laboratory tests performed on beneficiaries grew an average of 17 percent annually (OIG, 1995). The OIG found no evidence of an insufficient supply of laboratories or access problems. Between 1995 and March 2000, the number of CLIA-certified laboratories nationally grew from 151,658 (including multisite laboratories if registered or certified separately) to 170,000 (Dyckman and Cassidy, 2000).
Although approximately 5,000 short-stay hospitals participate in Medicare (HCFA, 1998), there are currently 8,560 hospital-based laboratories, almost 5,000 independent laboratory sites, and 105,000 physician office laboratories (POLs) certified by CLIA (Table 2.1). Virtually all participate in Medicare. The committee found no evidence that POLs are denying access to Medicare beneficiaries, that beneficiaries are having difficulty finding a POL, or that physicians have reduced access since 1995.
For beneficiaries who have difficulty reaching one of the 170,000 certified laboratories, independent laboratories run specimen collection stations.1 At such stations, there are staff who draw and collect specimens and transport them to the laboratory that performs the tests. Often the test is run overnight, and the physician has the results in the morning. Similarly, most physicians, even if they do not have a laboratory in their office, generally are willing to have their staff collect specimens for the convenience of their patients. A laboratory service picks up the specimens from the physician's office on a daily basis. Collection

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A few predicaments with a R60/5.
Hi folks. I have a 71 R60/5 with some issues, I am hoping you guys can help!
The bike in question, with it's usual puddle of trans fluid and some engine oil underneath it.
It's current state.
First off is the engine. It seems to have a lot of crankcase pressure. It leaks everywhere. I've also noticed that the oil pressure dummy light instantly goes off when the kick starter is depressed trying to kick start the bike. (Even when the engine doesn't fire.) Is this normal? Or do I have high oil pressure?
As of right now I have the clutch out for a rear main seal and new oil pump o-ring (again). Is there anyway to check the oil pump to see what kind of pressure it's putting out?Is there anyway to adjust it?
Rear main seal area and oil pump after some major cleanup.
I'm also doing the conversion to the new style reed valve breather and a new hose to try and control the oil. I've also heard that I should only be filling the oil up to halfway in between the min and max on the dipstick.
Pulled the old breather out.
The engine is in top condition. New rings, ball hone, valves and guides as of six thousand miles ago. No smoke and 130 PSI in both cylinders.
Second up is the Transmission. A couple years back the kicker pin fell into the transmission. I sent it to a local airhead guy who took the back cover off and fixed the kicker. Kickstarter and trans work great now. But the back cover now leaks oil.
How hard is it to just take the cover off and regasket?? Do I need a special tool to pull the driveshaft flange on the back?
The trans.
Lastly, is the rear drive. It seems that it leaks out of the weep hole. Does that mean that the inside seal is leaking? I'm assuming that is a hell of a job to replace? The brake area seems to be dry.
I think it weeps out of the top weep hole. Hard to tell though.
Any suggestions would be great. Thanks guys!
The trans shims should be checked if you take the rear cover off. You need a special puller to get the out put flange off.
That tool is about $80 I think and the tools to do the shims are more. Any chance it can go to the guy that fixed it two years ago? Are you sure it's the gasket?
The oil pressure is regulated by a valve on the front main bearing holder. This is under the timing cover and can be seen here;
The horizontal rod shaped piece above the timing chain controls the oil pressure. You can't read the oil pressure till the engine is running and since you don't currently have this part apart why don't you wait till some of this other stuff is done till you take it apart. Besides you are already doing the engine breather and maybe that will fix it?
No idea about final drive.
you might want to compare notes with one of your neighbors in your area -
I've had several bad excperinces with the guy I took the trans to. Very flaky and just not a good business man. Wish that wasn't the case but it just is. I'm sure it's the gasket.
Since the oil pressure is done from the front I'm thinking I'll put it back together and then try and take a reading with a gauge.
Whelp I ordered a new rear seal, O-ring and clutch assembly today from BMW. $$$ Gonna order some more pieces and tools tomorrow.
I would personally stake a lot on the new breather... you may find that that takes care of your "oil pressure" problem....
The other thing to check is that the oil filter is in its place correctly. There is an oil pressure relief valve (ball/spring check valve) at the back of the oil filter chamber. Anton has something to say about that on his website. ....see bottom of page for oil pressure relief system.
Good luck, nice bike!
PS i would love to hear what those pipes sound like!
Thanks for the link! That is helpful.
The pipes are quite loud but I get a lot of compliments on them.
So how far should I insert the new rear seal?
This is not going to be as easy as you thought. The answer is hopefully in another thread, that part is not so hard, but it's pretty long. Start with post #91 on page #7 and after you read this ask again, if you must. :freaky
Read it all the way to the end of the thread.
Thanks. I think I will install it a few mm proud and call it a day.
Durn that's purty! :eek1 Even with a few leaks. I'm gonna have me an R60 some day....minus the actual "top box".
How do them there "Brit" look'in pipes sound with a "Kraut" speaking through them?
Regardless of how they sound, I like the looks of them.
Well I've made some progress.
Found some sweet Wixom bags for it.
Got the clutch in and took both cylinders apart and fixed leaks. Also replaced the oil pan gasket and got my new breather in. Started it up with no trans on the back and it doesn't seem to leak anywhere yet!!!
Took the trans apart. The surface had a pretty good gouge in it where it was leaking,
Bought me a set of the Epco /5 mufflers. They look pretty nice. Especially considering the price. I'm keeping the old pipes, I'm sure I will find a project that call for them someday.
Decided to do a quick spray job on the frame.
Did some painting today. Hopefully will be together next weekend! I might have some DeLorto carb questions for you guys soon.
Thanks for watching.
Some progress,
On it's way back together. Installed new intake tubes from a R75. They fit my carbs much better than the R60 ones that I had to hack up.
All together finally!
Rode a couple hundred miles with my dad last weekend. No leaks yet.
Put the bags on but I found out I have brackets for a LWB model.
So my next question is can I make these brackets work? It looks like all I have to do is modify the bottom leg a little bit by cutting it a little shorter and drilling a new hole. I'm not sure if the bags are in the correct location though.
My mounts: (LWB mounts on a SWB bike)
LWB mounts on a LWB bike:
SWB mounts on a SWB bike:
To me it looks like the actual bag mount in the same spot on both wheelbases. The shocks on the LWB are moved back for the longer swingarm but the front bagmount bolt looks to be in the same spot on the front of the subframe. Am I thinking right???
Should be easy to modify this to work.
Tell me what you think! Thanks.
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In her book "While They Slept: An Inquiry into the Murder of a Family," author Kathryn Harrison paints a detailed picture of the Gilley family murders, built on interviews with Jody (Gilley) Arlington and her brother, Billy Frank Gilley Jr.
Drawing upon her own background of familial abuse (Harrison was sexually abused by her father over the course of four years), the author offers insight into how survivors work through their tragedies to forge new lives.
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On the morning of Thursday, April 26, 1984, Jody Gilley went to her neighbor Kathy Ackerson's before school. As was her habit, she went out the kitchen door and cut across the field that separated their two homes. Jody and Kathy had gotten to know each other the previous year, on the bus to and from Medford High, where they were now sophomores. They didn't socialize during the school day; Jody hung with a straighter crowd than Kathy, who by her own admission was something of a stoner. As Jody describes it, she and Kathy weren't best friends, but they liked each other and were frequently in each other's homes. "My next-field neighbor," they called each other. It wasn't unusual for Jody to finish getting dressed over at Kathy's.
"Because you wanted to wear something your mother didn't approve of?" I ask Jody.
"No, the dressing-sexy-for-school thing happened much earlier, in fifth or sixth grade. By tenth grade it was all about looking punk. Ratting my hair, applying dark eye makeup, piercing my ears with safety pins. And all of that happened at school, in the girls' bathroom. At Kathy's it was just, you know, getting ready for school together. Me probably using the Mary Kay makeup she had because her mom sold it, whereas my makeup was bottom-drawer Fred Meyer lip gloss and Maybelline. Also, I was curling-iron challenged, and Kathy could get that perfect eighties feather in a way I couldn't."
I nod. Long, auburn, glossy: Jody's hair is the first thing I notice about her. The way she gathers it into one hand and pulls it forward in a thick rope over one shoulder-the image stays with me after our first meeting, I'm not sure why. Perhaps because it's a pretty gesture. Jody herself is pretty, with a heart-shaped face and hazel eyes, not much if any makeup. Dressed in dark pants and a denim jacket, high heels. When she talks, all the emphasis is in her voice. She speaks without using her hands, as I was taught, unsuccessfully, to do.
Nothing about Jody's appearance surprises me-I didn't, after all, have any idea what she looked like-but her physical presence is itself unsettling. The Jody I know is sixteen, a girl in a car with her brother, the two of them motionless. Petrified, as if the murders had been, like the head of a Gorgon, a sight that turned them to stone. For ten years I've known Jody not as a woman but as a character, one among the many in my head, images taken from books and movies, not so much people as ideas of people, whom I expect never to encounter in the flesh.


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Part Payment and taking possesion without doing property trasfer via Registry
Consider this scenario:
Seller; who took the possession of the flat from builder sold flat on the assumption that he will get the regisrty done from builder and post that he will get the registry for buyer to complete the transaction.
Builder is unable to get registry to our seller who has taken possetion of the flat citing issues with Authority. Builder is claiming it as temporary issue and should be resolved within 1 month. However its over 2 months now and still unclear.
Due to uncertenity buyer and seller are in fix but both are willing to go ahead with the transaction.
Seller has agreed to provide possession of the flat to buyer in exchange of 90% of the payment with registered agreement to sale in respective authorities paying 2% stamp duty. Copy of the same registred agreement will be submitted to builder as well.
Rest of the amount will be paid to seller on completion of registry.
In legal terms this arrangement is called "Part Performance" of transfer of property act. [Section 53A].
Does anybody has any practical experience for this kind of situiation!!
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Your post reminds me of one thing:
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The present invention is a method for forming a graphic image web including a precursor image web combined with a congruent lenticular lens web to produce the illusion of three dimensionality in a visually perceptible image on the graphic image web. To produce this illusion of three dimensionality, an image field including an object is defined. The object is imagewise exposed onto a photographically sensitive element over a plurality of spatially disparate views through a lenticular lens having a prescribed optical geometry. Upon developing the latent image on said element, it is printed to form the precursor image web. The congruent lenticular lens web is then optically combined with the precursor image web to create the graphic image web having graphic information of photographically acceptable quality imparted with the illusion of three dimensionality.
1. A method for forming a graphic image web including a precursor image web combined with a congruent lenticular lens web to produce the illusion of three dimensionality in a visually perceptible image on said graphic image web, said method comprising the steps of:
defining an image field including an object to be viewed;
imagewise exposing said object onto a photographically sensitive element over a plurality of spatially disparate views through a lenticular lens having a prescribed optical geometry;
developing the latent image on said element;
printing the developed image to form said precursor image web; and
optically combining said congruent lenticular lens web with said precursor image web to create said graphic image web having graphic information of photographically acceptable quality imparted with the illusion of three dimensionality.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of optically aligning said precursor image web and said lenticular lens web.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said aligning step is accomplished during translation of said precursor image web and said lenticular lens web.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said lenticular lens web has a plurality of lenticules.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein said step of imagewise exposing said object through said lenticular lens over said plurality of spatially disparate views creates a plurality of image elements on said photographically sensitive member, each image element being defined by a plurality of condensed image bands, each image band representing a particular spatially disparate view, and further wherein said plurality of image elements are developed on said photographically sensitive member and printed onto said web.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein said step of imagewise exposing said object is over an infinite number of spatially disparate views to create uninterrupted image elements, each image element being defined by an infinite number of said image bands.
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of printing the developed image is replicated along the length of said precursor image web.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of optically combining said webs comprises the step of laminating a congruent lenticular lens web, having a multiplicity of lenticules, to said precursor image web to create a graphic image web having three dimensionality.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of axially aligning said image elements on said precursor image web with said lenticules of said lenticular lens web so said lenticules are disposed generally over said image elements in a one-to-one relationship.
10. The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of applying an adhesive over the developed image on said precursor image web and pressing said precursor image web against said lenticular lens web, wherein said adhesive binds said precursor image web to said lenticular lens web.
11. A method for forming a graphic image web including a precursor image web for combination with a lenticular lens web to produce the illusion of three dimensionality in a visually perceptible image on said graphic image web, said method comprising the steps of:
defining an image field including an object to be viewed;
imagewise exposing said object onto a photographically sensitive element over a plurality of spatially disparate views through a lenticular lens having a prescribed optical geometry to create a plurality of image elements;
developing the latent image on said photographically sensitive element;
printing the developed image repetitively along a web to form said precursor image web;
forming a plurality of lenticules on a flexible web to create said lenticular lens web, said forming step being accomplished while said flexible web is translating in a machine direction; and
optically combining said lenticular lens web with said precursor image web to create a graphic image web having graphic information of photographically acceptable quality imparted with the illusion of three dimensionality.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein said lenticules are oriented at a pitch angle to said machine direction.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said image elements are oriented to fall into linear alignment with said lenticules when said precursor image web is optically combined with said lenticular lens web.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said precursor image web and said lenticular lens web are translating during said step of optically combining.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein said step of forming a plurality of lenticules includes applying a curable resin to said flexible web, impressing said resin by translating said flexible web around a coating roll having a relief cut lenticular pattern, and curing said resin.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein said coating roll includes a relief cut screw pattern which impresses said resin to form lenticules oriented at said pitch angle to said machine direction.
17. A method for producing a graphic image having the illusion of three-dimensionality by joining a precursor image with a superimposed lenticular film through which said precursor image is to be viewed, the improvement comprising the step of web-fed lamination of a precursor image web and a lenticular lens web to produce a graphic image web in which the perceptible image possesses photographically acceptable quality.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein said lenticular lens web includes lenticules of sufficient density to produce said graphic image web in which the perceptible image possesses photographically acceptable quality.
19. The method of claim 17, wherein a registration assembly laterally aligns said lenticular lens web with said precursor image web to produce said graphic image web in which the perceptible image possesses photographically acceptable quality.
20. The method of claim 17, wherein said step of web-fed lamination occurs during translation of said precursor image web and said lenticular lens web.
The present invention relates generally to methods for creating the illusion of three dimensionality of a graphic image in printed web form and more particularly to a method for forming a graphic image web by a lamination technique in which a precursor image web is combined with a lenticular lens web to yield a graphic image having photographically acceptable quality.
It is known in the art to fabricate generally planar display devices which include an image sheet and a lenticular lens sheet which, in combination, give the image an appearance of three dimensionality. The lenticular lens sheet and the image sheet must be aligned properly to avoid a distorted image. The components have heretofore been in sheet form because the process of combining them is usually manual to ensure necessary registration.
The illusion of three dimensionality requires the image originally be made with a special three dimensional or stereoscopic camera, photographing the desired object from a plurality of angularly displaced positions. Such a camera typically uses a photosensitive film disposed behind a lenticular screen. The lenticular screen is positioned adjacent the photosensitive film so the focal point of each lenticule generally coincides with the front surface of the film. Thus, the image of the object is focused into a narrow image band which is exposed in the film. As the camera is shifted to the next angular position, the lenticular screen is also shifted slightly. A subsequent picture image of the object from the new angular position is then exposed into a separate image band in the film adjacent the preceding image band. Each time the camera is moved to a new angular position, the object is photographed and the image is exposed in the film as a similar, narrow image band adjacent the previously formed image band, until a series of image bands representing different views of the object is created. To avoid overlap of image bands, the lenticular screen is only moved a distance equal to the width of a single lenticule as the camera is moved through its full angular range. This collection of image bands, which is formed under a single lenticule, may be called an image element. Each image element is approximately the width of a single lenticule and includes all of the condensed views of the object.
Cameras of this type are disclosed in Stockbridge et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,380,360, issued Apr. 30, 1968 and Bonnet, U.S. Pat. No. 2,508,487, issued May 23, 1950. Both of those patents disclose three dimensional or stereoscopic cameras used to photograph objects from numerous angular positions where the photograph taken at each position is exposed on a film as a linear image band.
Once the object is photographed from the various positions, the film may be developed the same as any other photographic film, but the resulting image is a compilation of the numerous adjacent image bands. Each image band represents the object from a given angle, albeit in a focused or compressed form. This can provide the overall image with a somewhat distorted look to the naked human eye. However, when the developed image is combined with a lenticular screen or sheet having lenticules of approximately the same size and focal length as the lenticular sheet used to expose the film, the image becomes clear to the human eye as viewed through the screen.
The lenticular sheet must be placed over the image elements so the focal point of each lenticular lens coincides with the front surface of the image sheet. The image will appear to be three-dimensional because the observer is viewing the image through the lenticular sheet from a slightly different angle due to the lateral spacing between his eyes. In effect, this allows each eye to focus on a different image band representing different views of the photographed object from separate angles, thereby giving the viewer the illusion of a three dimensional image.
In the past, the lenticules and image elements Were relatively wide and each lenticule had to be perfectly aligned over each image element to obtain a clearly defined three dimensional image. It has been difficult to obtain precise alignment and impossible to mass produce three dimensional images efficiently and economically. Typically, the lenticular sheet has been manually positioned over the image sheet and then carefully adjusted to eliminate moire lines or interference. This is a time consuming, inefficient and expensive task.
Further difficulties exist in mass producing three dimensional image sheets for use in publications such as magazines due to the size of the lenticules and the consequent thickness of the lenticular lens sheet. However, larger lenticules have longer focal lengths and necessitate a thicker lens overlay so the focal point of the lenticule is approximately adjacent the image elements on the image sheet. This, of course, leads to a relatively thick composite sheet which is not suitable for magazines or other printed media that require a thinner sheet dimension. Making the sheet sufficiently thin to be used in magazines requires the lenticules to be extremely small thus making it more difficult to form the lenticular lens sheet and properly align it with the image sheet. The required precision has made the use of efficient, high output machinery difficult.
It has long been desirable but unattainable to make both the image sheet and the lenticular lens sheet in web form and then combine them in web form at a rapid pace with precis registry to produce a finished product having photographilly acceptable quality. Standard printing methods could then be used to reproduce the images in web form. Though techniques have been developed for creating a lenticular lens in web form, and certain methods and devices have also been used in an attempt to combine an image web with a lenticular lens web, none of these devices is able to produce a thin flexible lenticular image web for economical use in the production of, for example, magazines, while maintaining the precision necessary to produce quality images having the illusion of three dimensionality without interference lines or distorted appearance.
In three patents to Conley, U.S. Pat. No. 4,420,502, issued Dec. 13, 1983, U.S. Pat. No. 4,414,316, issued Nov. 8, 1983, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,420,527, issued Dec. 13, 1983 an apparatus and method for making a lenticular lens web are disclosed. A transparent base web is directed onto the surface of a first roll and advanced along an accurate path around the first roll and then through a narrow gap disposed between the first roll nd a second roll. Before the transparent base web passes between the first and second rolls, a flowable uncured actnic radiation-curable thermosetting resin is directed onto the web behind the narrow gap. The second roll includes grooves so that, as the resin covered web passes through the narrow gap and around the second roll, lenticular formations are made in the flowable resin. Ultraviolet radiation is directed through the transparent base web and into the flowable resin layer while it remains in contact with the second roll. Thus the flowable resin is cured into a composite lenticular lens web.
Such a process can produce small, well defined lenticular lenses. However, the difficulty remains in properly laminating such a lenticular lens web with a corresponding image web in a manner that avoids distortion of the image. Typically, the lenticular lens web will still need to be cut in sheets and then carefully aligned by hand with a corresponding image sheet. It would be advantageous, and meet the long-felt need summarized above, if such a lenticular lens web could be precisely aligned and combined with the corresponding images while the image sheet and lenticular lens sheet both remained in web form. This would greatly increase the efficiency and volume of the finished web resulting in a very economical product.
Other patents disclose methods and devices for making lenticular lens products but none with the accuracy or precision that would allow the finished product to be used in typical publications such as magazines. For instance, Jerothe et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,264,164, issued Aug. 2, 1966 discloses a device which makes a laminated, flexible fabric-like material having interesting characteristics of color and depth. However, precise accuracy is not necessary since one of the purposes of the patented device is to produce images having a moire effect. Additionally, that approach merely uses colored lines and various colored shapes placed at different depths between cumulative flexible sheets. In the Jerothe et al. device, a relatively thick sheet is used for the formation of the lenticular lens. The lenticular lens sheet is laminated with various films and then the resulting laminate passes between a pressure roll and a gravure roll where surface ribs or lenticular lens type ribs are formed by pressing the relatively thick lens forming sheet against the gravure roll. That device, however, cannot be accurately controlled to make extremely small accurate lenticular lenses in alignment with the image bands of an image web to yield photographically acceptable image quality.
Leach, U.S. Pat. No. 3,565,733, issued Feb. 23, 1971 discloses an apparatus for making a composite web from a paper web combined with melted plastic. In Leach, a paper web, which can include an image, is passed between a pressure roll and a coating roll and then around a chilled embossing cylinder. A melted plastic is poured onto the coating roll which brings the melted plastic into contact with the paper web. This combined paper web and melted plastic is immediately brought into contact with the surface of the chilled embossing cylinder which solidifies the melted plastic leaving lenticular lens-type formations in the plastic. A problem with the Leach apparatus is that it does not provide for the precision alignment of the lenticular lens formations with the image elements on the image web. This prevents the constant replication of high quality images having the appearance of three dimensionality without distortion. Additionally, meltable plastic will not retain its proper shape under the rigors of magazine use and shipping which can tend to place the lenticular lens formations under harsh conditions of pressure and heat. Once the lenticular lenses degrade, the three dimensional effect is lost.
In Lemelson, U.S. Pat. No. 3,146,492, issued Sep. 1, 1964, an apparatus is disclosed which produces a multiple image sheet display on a continuous basis. In Lemelson, an impressionable sheet is laminated with a plurality of sheets and then passed through a pair of rolls. One of the rolls is an embossing roll which creates lenticular formations in a face of the impressionable sheet. The apparatus is similar to those mentioned above in that it is difficult to form precision lenticules in the solid web, without which an image of photographically acceptable quality cannot be reliably and repeatedly reproduced. Additionally, there is no way for the machine to provide precise alignment of the image elements with the lenticules.
The present invention addresses the foregoing drawbacks involved in making a precision lenticular lens image web having three dimensional image characteristics with photographic quality.
The present invention provides a method for forming a graphic image web including a precursor image web combined with a congruent lenticular lens web to produce the illusion of three dimensionality in a visually perceptible image on the graphic image web. The method includes the steps of defining an image field including an object to be viewed. This object is then imagewise exposed onto a photographically sensitive element over a plurality of spatially disparate views through a lenticular lens having a prescribed optical geometry. The latent image is developed on the element and the developed image is printed to form the precursor image web. The precursor image web and congruent lenticular lens web are optically combined to create the graphic image web having graphic information of photographically acceptable quality imparted with the illusion of three dimensionality.
Additionally, the method provides for optically aligning the precursor image web and the lenticular lens web during translation of both webs. The lenticular lens web includes a plurality of lenticules which are aligned with a plurality of image elements printed on the precursor image web to impart graphic information of photographically acceptable quality with the illusion of three dimensionality. The photographic quality is facilitated by producing a lenticular lens web having sufficient density of lenticules or by using a registration assembly to laterally register the lenticular lens web with the precursor image web.
The invention provides for the illusion of three dimensionality in a two dimensional image. A person viewing the image on the precursor image web will see what appears to be and what is a two dimensional image. The image is a collection of disparate condensed views of the object in the image field as created through the lenticular lens of a stereoscopic camera. After optically aligning the lenticular lens web over the precursor image web, the individual viewing the two dimensional image through the lenticular lens web will then see what appears to be a three dimensional object. This illusion of three dimensionality is created by the optical configuration of the lenticular lens web which is disposed between the image contained on the precursor image web and the eyes of the individual.
The invention will hereafter be described with reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein like numerals denote like elements, and:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an object being exposed on photographic film through a lenticular sheet;
FIG. 2 is a front elevation view showing the formation of a graphic image web by combining a precursor image web with a lenticular lens web;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view showing the paths of travel of the precursor image web and the lenticular lens web as they are combined;
FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the relief cut roll which forms the lenticules in the lenticular lens web;
FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a printing unit used in a web offset press;
FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a printing plate; and
FIG. 7 is a side view of the graphic image web which includes the precursor image web combined with the lenticular lens web.
The present invention relates generally to methods for producing a printed graphic image having the illusion of three dimensionality and, more specifically, to methods for doing so in which the components are web fed. The methods of the present invention are characterized by their ability to achieve a finished graphic image having photographically acceptable quality. While photographic quality of a printed graphic image is a complex function of many production variables, ranging from the quality of the optical equipment, grain size and speed of the film, the quality and type of the printing equipment and selected printing process, it can be reduced to a more subjective level. Quality can conveniently be related to the ability of the observer to differentiate the structure in the finished printed image; for example, the ability to distinguish quantitatively and qualitatively, facial features in portraits, (tree) limbs and foliage in panoramic vistas, and the like. When considered in the context of the present invention and the ensuing description, photographically acceptable quality thus refers to a benchmark measurement of clarity in the finished three-dimensional view which is not materially, qualitatively distorted when compared to the precursor image. This is unlike the prior art: methods capable of adaptation to web-fed operation cannot achieve acceptable quality, this is attainable only through labor intensive manual operation using sheet components.
Referring now to the figures of the drawing, a method for forming a graphic image web will be described. As shown generally in FIG. 1, a three dimensional or stereoscopic camera 10 is used to create an image which, when developed, will give the illusion of three dimensionality when combined with a lenticular lens web having the requisite optical geometry. An image field 12 includes an object 14 which is to be photographed. A single object 14 is used for illustrative purposes, but this should not be deemed as limiting image field 12 to a single object. For instance, numerous objects could be included in the image field even to the extent that image field 12 is filled with various objects as would be the case when photographing certain scenery. Often, however, when creating stereoscopic images it is desirable to have the object or objects in a relatively narrow plane or lateral field of view to create an enhanced three dimensional effect.
Stereoscopic camera 10 is mounted on a device (not shown) which allows it to be moved through a plurality of spatially disparate positions (shown in phantom) to obtain spatially distinct views of object 14. Each of these spatially distinct views is exposed through a lenticular film assembly 16 which includes a photographically sensitive element 18, such as photographic film, combined with a superimposed lenticular lens 20. As light, reflected from object 14, enters camera 10 it passes through lenticular lens 20 and is focused into narrow condensed bands exposing photosensitive element 18 along narrow image bands.
In the preferred embodiment, lenticular lens 20 and photosensitive element s are relatively laterally movable. Photosensitive element 18 is preferably mounted in a mechanism (not shown) which moves it in proportion to the movement of camera 10. Thus, as camera 10 moves from one position to the next, photosensitive element 18 will move slightly along the length of lenticular lens 20 (shown in phantom). By moving element 18, the light reflected from object 14 at each adjacent camera position is focused by lenticular lens 20 into narrow bands adjacent the narrow image bands exposed on photosensitive element 18 at the previous camera position. Object 14 is thereby imagewise exposed at different locations along photosensitive element 18 with each exposure location corresponding to one of the spatially distinct views of the object obtained at one of the camera positions.
More particularly, lenticular lens 20 includes a plurality of lenticules 22 each having a given, preferably similar, focal length depending on the size and the curvature of the lenticules. When object 14 is photographed, light reflected from object 14 enters camera 10 and strikes lenticular lens 20. Each lenticule 22 focuses the light towards its focal point. Preferably photosensitive element 18 is disposed approximately in line with the focal points of the plurality of lenticules 22. This ensures that the light striking each lenticule converges into a narrow band at photosensitive element 18, creating a plurality of narrow condensed image bands 24 where the light focused by each lenticule exposes element 18.
Stereoscopic camera 10 is then moved to an adjacent location which gives a spatially disparate or distinct view of object 14. As camera 10 is moved to the next position, lenticular lens 20 is moved slightly with respect to photosensitive element 18 so that this view of object 14 will be focused on element 18 by lenticules 22 along narrow image bands 24 adjacent the prior image bands 24. Preferably, as camera 10 is moved through its full range of positions, lenticular lens 20 is moved with respect to photosensitive element 18 over a distance approximately equal to the width of one lenticule 22. This will ensure that the image bands 24 created at each position of camera 10 will adequately expose the entire surface of photosensitive element 18 while preventing overlap of the image bands 24 formed under one lenticule with those formed under the adjacent lenticule.
When photosensitive element 18 is completely exposed, it will include a plurality of image elements 26. Each image element 26 is of approximately the same width as the width of each lenticule and includes a plurality of image bands 24 representing the various spatially disparate views of object 14 taken from and corresponding to the different positions of camera 10. In the most preferred embodiment, camera 10 is continuously moved through its range of positions with its shutter held open. Simultaneously, lenticular lens 20 is continuously moved laterally with respect to photosensitive element 18 in an amount generally equal to the width of one lenticule. This provides for uninterrupted imagewise exposure of object 14 onto photosensitive element 18 so that there are no visually discernible breaks or gaps between image bands 24. Instead, image elements 26 each comprise the focused composite of the spatially disparate views obtained when camera 10 is moved through its range of motion while object 14 is continuously exposed along element 18.
If camera 10 is moved through a substantial range of positions, it is preferably moved along an accurate path so that the distance between object 14 and camera 10 remains constant. However, if the spatially disparate views of object 14 are created with minimal motion of camera 10, then camera 10 can be moved along a straight line (i.e., a chord), as depicted in FIG. 1. This will not substantially affect the quality of the exposed latent three dimensional image on photosensitive element 18 due to the slight difference between arc and chord length.
Following exposure of image elements 26 on photosensitive element 18, the latent image may be developed by normal methods used in developing photographic film or other light sensitive emulsions. The developed image is then printed on a web, referred to herein as a precursor image web, and replicated along the longitudinal length of the web using conventional printing techniques. The web may be made of a variety of materials including, for example, paper stock typically used for periodical magazines. Image elements 26 are aligned generally longitudinally with the web or, in other words, are aligned generally in the machine direction. As discussed below, however, it is preferred that the image elements are disposed at a slight angle to the true machine direction.
To create the illusion of three dimensionality, the precursor image web must be optically combined with a lenticular lens web. The lenticules of the lenticular lens web are aligned with the image elements 26 so that a person viewing the images on the precursor image web will perceive them as three dimensional. Forming the lenticular lens web and aligning it with image elements 26 of the precursor image web is a precision operation performed by a web apparatus 30, shown generally in FIGS. 2 and 3.
Web apparatus 30 is used to combine a precursor image web 34, including image elements 26, with a congruent lenticular lens (which may be left blank, printed with ordinary two dimensional images, or printed with image elements) web 36. Precursor image web 34 includes a back side 38 and a three dimensional or 3-D printed side 40 which is placed in registry with lenticular lens web 36.
In the preferred embodiment, shown generally in FIG. 2, a printed roll 42 of precursor image web 34 is mounted in web apparatus 30. Precursor image web 34 translates through a tensioner assembly 44 and then through a hood 46 where an adhesive 48, such as Morton International Blend 2359 pressure sensitive adhesive, is applied. Precursor image web 34 also moves through an optional lateral registration assembly 50 which slaves precursor image web 34 to lenticular lens web 36 so that they are in proper lateral or transverse registry when combined into graphic image web 32. Registration assembly 50 is optional because it has been found that in some applications lateral registration is not required.
Once precursor image web 34 and lenticular lens web 36 are properly aligned, with or without the assistance of registration assembly 50, the webs are pressed together between a base roll 52 and a biased pressure roll 54. Pressing web 34 and web 36 against base roll 52 allows adhesive 48 to convert the two webs into single graphic image web 32.
In the preferred method for forming lenticular lens web 36, a flexible web 56 is combined with a flowable resin 58. Flowable resin 58 is formed into a plurality of lenticules 60 and cured so that lenticules 60 maintain their shape (see FIG. 4). Flexible web 56 preferably comprises a transparent plastic material such as polyester, although, other flexible relatively transparent materials could be used. A plastic roll 62 of flexible web 56 is mounted in web apparatus 30 and supplies the flexible web 56 for combination with resin 58. When web apparatus 30 is operating, web 56 moves through a tensioner assembly 64, around a plurality of guide rolls 68, and into a lenticule forming station 70 (discussed below). After moving through forming station 70, flexible web 56 moves around additional guide rolls 72 and then into contact with precursor image web 34 at base roll 52.
As mentioned above, it is important that precursor image web 34 and lenticular lens web 36 are optically aligned when combined between base roll 52 and biased pressure roll 54. Preferably, lenticules 60 have approximately the same cross-sectional dimensions and focal lengths as lenticules 22 of lenticular film assembly 16. This allows each lenticule 60 to be linearly aligned with a single image element 26 on precursor image web 34.
If lenticules 60 are large in cross-section, a better three dimensional effect is achieved by laterally aligning a single lenticule directly over each image element 26. However, as lenticules 60 and the corresponding image elements 26 are made narrower, it has been determined in accordance with the present invention that the need for precise lateral alignment is reduced. A desirable three dimensional effect is produced by laminating precursor image web 34 to lenticular lens web 36 so that lenticules 60 are linearly aligned with image elements 26. Proper linear alignment prevents distortion due to the crisscrossing of lenticules 60 with image elements 26.
In the preferred embodiment, the number of lenticules 60 are at least 100 per inch. At this density of lenticules, a desirable illusion of three dimensionality may be achieved without the use of lateral registration assembly 50. In the most preferred embodiment, the density of lenticules 60 is at least 300 per inch. This eliminates the need for registration assembly 50 and also provides a short lenticule focal length to facilitate an extremely thin graphic image web 32.
In some cases, it may be desirable to alter the orientation of lenticules 60 with respect to image elements 26 to optically align them in a manner which produces moire patterns. However, it is generally desirable to avoid any formation of moire patterns.
When lateral registration is required, registration assembly 50 preferably comprises an ultrasonic guidance system 73. Ultrasonic guidance system 73 uses a pair of ultrasonic sensors 74 and 74', each of which produce an ultrasonic beam which tracks the edge of the web it is monitoring. Sensor 74 monitors an edge of precursor image web 34 while sensor 74' monitors the edge of flexible web 56. The frequency of the ultrasonic beam changes as it passes through different materials. Thus, the frequency of the beam passing through a web is different from the frequency of the beam as it passes through atmosphere. The ultrasonic beam either passes completely through the atmosphere, completely through the web, or partially through each, thereby allowing sensors, 74 and 74', to read precisely the lateral position of each web. The preferred guidance system is the Model A9H manufactured by FIFE Corporation.
Since it has been determined that flexible web 56 tends to retain its lateral position, it is preferable to adjust the lateral position of precursor image web 34 to laterally align lenticular lens web 36 and precursor image web 34 prior to laminating them into single graphic image web 32. To obtain this lateral registry, the sensors, 74 and 74', supply an output signal to a controller which, in turn, provides output signals which control a guide roller assembly 76. Guide roller assembly 76 is preferably hydraulically controlled to adjust the position of precursor image web 34 in the lateral direction. Such guide roll assemblies are commonly known and used in the printing industry.
Other types of guidance systems may also be used to provide precise lateral registry of the webs. For example, a laser guidance system which uses a laser beam to track the edge of each web may be used. Additionally, a stylus guidance system could be used. In such a stylus guidance system, a stylus cooperates with a sensor to track a ridge or a groove disposed along the edge of the web, preferably the lenticule lens web. It is important to note that with any of these guidance systems, the groove, ridge, or edge being tracked must be straight so that the webs can be accurately registered and combined.
In the embodiment illustrated, the precursor image web 34 is slaved to the lenticular lens web 36. However, registration assembly 50 could be connected to slave the lenticular lens web 36 to precursor image web 34. In either case, the lateral registration of webs 34 and 36 occurs during the translation of each web prior to laminating webs 34 and 36 to form graphic image web 32. This process allows efficient production of commercially viable lengths of graphic image web 32 when precise lateral registration is required.
To facilitate efficient production of graphic image web 32, lenticular lens web 36 is created during the translation of flexible web 56 through web apparatus 30. As shown generally in FIG. 5, lenticule forming station 70 comprises a coating roll 77 around which flexible web 56 translates in an accurate path. Flexible web 56 includes an inner surface 78 which is later adhered to the 3-D printed side (i.e., the image side) 40 of precursor image web 34. Flexible web 56 also includes a receiving surface 80 on which flowable curable resin 58 is deposited. Flowable resin 58 may be applied directly to receiving surface 80, but in a preferred embodiment, resin 58 is applied to coating roll 77 which then rotates into cooperation with receiving surface 80 as shown generally in FIG. 4. Flowable resin 58 is applied by an applicator 82 which creates a reservoir 84 of flowable resin 58 on the surface of coating roll 77. However, other methods of applying flowable resin, such as spraying it onto coating roll 77, may be used without departing from the scope of the invention.
As flexible web 56 moves into lenticule forming station 70 it is routed around a tension nip roller 86 and then into contact with coating roll 77 in close proximity and on the downstream side of applicator 82. Thus, reservoir 84 is held between nip roller 86 and coating roll 77 so that receiving surface 80 of flexible web 56 is uniformly wetted with the flowable resin 58. Once surface 80 is wetted, the desired optical surface pattern is formed in the flowable resin on flexible web 56.
Coating roll 77 is relief cut in a pre-defined optical surface pattern. This optical surface pattern is preferably a recessed pattern of lenticules which imparts a convex lenticular pattern to the flowable resin 58. This desired pattern is maintained as flexible web 56 moves through lenticule forming station 70 and is cured prior to any leveling which would materially impair the desired lenticular pattern. The lenticular pattern is maintained by holding flexible web 56 in contact with coating roll 77 until it moves into proximity with a tension roller 88 disposed downstream of coating roll 77. In the preferred embodiment, flowable resin 58 is a UV curable resin and is cured before flexible web 56 moves out of contact with coating roll 77. A plurality of UV radiators 90 are disposed about coating roll 77 in such a manner that the UV rays are directed through the base of transparent flexible web 56 and into resin 58 while it is maintained in the desired lenticular pattern against relief cut coating roll 77.
The relief cut pattern extends in an accurate path around the circumference of coating roll 77. Preferably, the pattern is a screw pattern wherein one continuous relief cut groove, corresponding to the desired physical shape of each lenticule, continually wraps around the coating roll 77 similar to the thread of a screw. Thus, the relief cut groove has a given pitch angle dependent on the size of the groove and the diameter of coating roll 77. Such a continuous groove requires a coating roll 77 of sufficient size so that the pitch of the groove is negligible. This ensures that the lenticular pattern formed in flowable resin 58 is nearly linearly aligned with the machine direction of lenticular lens web 36.
Roll 77 is relief cut to correspond to the desired number and the desired shape of lenticules 60 both of which can vary substantially depending on various image web manufacturing parameters and desired three dimensional effect. To obtain a thin image web 32, it is desirable to have 100 or more lenticules per inch and preferably over 300 lenticules per inch so that the convex lenticule has a short focal length and the thickness of lenticular lens web 36 is minimized. As mentioned above, a higher density of lenticules reduces or even eliminates the need for lateral registration 50.
The preferred shape of lenticules 60 is of a half cylinder split longitudinally, as shown generally in FIG. 8. However, the shape of the lenticule can be adjusted to facilitate shorter focal lengths without having as great a multiplicity of lenticules per inch. Each lenticule can be formed with greater curvature at its apex than throughout the remainder of the lenticule to provide a shorter focal length with a broader overall lenticule cross section. An example of such a lenticule is one having a hyperbolic cross section.
To obtain optical alignment for the greatest three dimensional effect, the images on precursor image web 34 are tilted slightly with respect to the machine direction of web 34. The tilt of the images corresponds to the pitch of lenticules 60 so that image elements 26 are linearly aligned with lenticules 60. In the preferred embodiment, the tilted images are created on precursor image web 34 with a web offset press, although other types of presses such as gravure or flexographic presses can also be used.
A web offset press uses a printing unit 92 shown schematically in FIG. 5. Ink is applied to an image carrier, such as a plate 94, which wraps around a plating cylinder 96. Plate 94 is etched with the desired image and transfers the ink held by the etched image to a blanket cylinder 98 which, in turn, transfers the image to precursor image web 34. Images may be printed on both sides of precursor image web 34 simultaneously, as shown in FIG. 5. Usually, a series of printing units 92 is required since only a single color will be applied at each printing unit 92.
To obtain optical alignment, the images are printed on precursor image web 34 at an angle which matches the pitch angle of the screw threads on coating roll 77. This is preferably accomplished by one of two different methods. According to one method, plating cylinder 96 is cocked or rotated so that it is no longer perpendicular to the machine direction of precursor image web 34. The angle of rotation from perpendicular approximately matches the pitch angle imparted to lenticules 60. Accordingly, the cocked plating cylinder 96 transfers the image to blanket cylinder 98 at the desired angle and blanket cylinder 98 transfers the image to precursor image web 34 at the same angle so that image elements 26 and lenticules 60 will be linearly aligned when graphic image web 34 and lenticular lens web 36 are combined.
According to the second method, the images are etched on plate 94 at the desired pitch angle as shown in FIG. 6. Plate 94 includes an axis 100 which is aligned with the machine direction of precursor image web 34. However, when an image 102 is etched in plate 94, it is oriented at an angle with respect to axis 100. This angle corresponds approximately with the pitch angle of the recessed screw threads on coating roll 77. Thus, like before, as precursor image web 34 is laminated to lenticular lens web 36, lenticules 60 will be linearly aligned with image elements 26.
Following the curing of flowable resin 58 and the formation of lenticular lens web 36, lenticular lens web 36 moves around guide rolls 72 and into contact with precursor image web 34 where it is adhered to precursor image web 34 to form graphic image web 32 as described above. As shown generally in FIG. 7, graphic image web 32 typically comprises a layer of printing paper 106 on which are printed the image elements 26 creating a printing layer 108. A layer of relatively transparent adhesive 48 is disposed on printing layer 108 and secures inner surface 78 of flexible web 56 to precursor image web 34 (which includes paper 106 and printing layer 108). A pre-defined topography 110 is formed from curable resin 58 and disposed on receiving surface 80 of flexible web 56. In the preferred embodiment, the pre-defined topography 110 is formed in a pattern of lenticules 60 having the desired configuration and optical qualities so that when image elements 26 are viewed through lenticules 60 and flexible web 56, the illusion of three dimensionality is created. In this respect, it is desirable that each lenticule be of generally the same width as each image element 26 and that each lenticule 60 has a focal length which coincides with its distance from printing layer 108.
Numerous materials may be used to create the various layers which are combined to form graphic image web 32. For example, flexible web 56 and lenticules 60 may be made from polycarbonate and laminated to a polycarbonate precursor image web 34. In another situation, it may be advantageous to use Tyvek, a material manufactured by the DuPont Company, as the precursor image web. A wide variety of materials including synthetics and nonsynthetics, those with woven or nonwoven fibers, and those with oriented or nonoriented fibers may be used to form one or more of the precursor image web 34, flexible web 56, or lenticules 60.
It will be understood that the foregoing description is of a preferred exemplary embodiment of this invention, and that the invention is not limited to the specific form shown. For example, the lenticules may be of different shape or size, different types of curable resin may be used, and the arrangement of various components in web apparatus may be changed. These and other modifications may be made in the design and arrangement of the elements without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.
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GENEVA Anti-capitalism protesters smashed the windows of banks, shops and cafes in central Geneva and set cars on fire during a demonstration Saturday against the World Trade Organization.
Organizers including unions and Switzerland's Green Party broke off the march, called to protest against the a three-day WTO conference starting Monday, after masked protesters in the main crowd rampaged through the center of the city.
Protesters set fire to four cars near the city bus station, causing a thick cloud of smoke. Police used tear gas to disperse the violent protestors and no further damage was caused, a police statement said.
Police blocked off access to the WTO's lakeside headquarters, which the marchers had planned to pass.
The police blamed the violence on some 200 masked demonstrators, known as the "black bloc," out of a total crowd of 3,000. Police arrested 17 people and seized fireworks, iron bars, bicycle chains, sprays, spanners and other objects.
The violent protesters were a minority in the otherwise peaceful crowd which was accompanied by a dozen tractors and a marching band.
Protesters held up signs saying "Stop Capitalism, No WTO," "WTO is enemy of the climate" and "We will not sell our souls to the multinationals."
Before the violence erupted, Vera Weghmann, a 24-year-old student from Germany, said corporations play an unseen lobbying role at the WTO, steering its agreements in their favor.
"We see the WTO making policies for the big companies, not for the people," she said, wearing a wedding gown with the label "WTO" and walking arm in arm with Ole Hoffmann, 23, whose suit bore the corporate logos of Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Standard Chartered.
Two other "WTO brides" walked beside "grooms" with suits carrying the logos of food and drugs multinationals like Kraft, Coca-Cola, Nestle, Roche, Pfizer, Novartis and Bayer.
Activists say trade policies adopted by WTO members create poverty in rich and poor countries by squeezing farmers in developing countries and depressing labor standards in industrialized nations.
Police spokesman Patrick Pulh told Reuters three South Korean activists wanting to take part in the demonstration and other protests and workshops during the conference had been refused entry to Switzerland at Geneva airport on instructions from the federal government in Berne.
Yoon Geum Sum, of the Korean Women Peasant Association, one of the groups organizing the protests, said the three had been stripped and body-searched.
"This is a violation of human rights and a criminalization of social movements. Our demand is their immediate release and an apology from the Swiss government," she said in a statement.
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And, back in his old stomping grounds, Ron Washington still couldn't win on his birthday - dropping his fourth such chance as a manager.
Cahill pitched seven scoreless innings to outduel C.J. Wilson (3-1) and quickly found his rhythm after escaping a 26-pitch first inning unscathed, and the Oakland Athletics topped Texas 3-1 on Friday night.
Kurt Suzuki came off the paternity leave list and delivered a go-ahead RBI single to help keep Cahill (4-0) unbeaten.
The Rangers kicked off a seven-game West Coast road trip all against the division with a punchless performance to lose for the fourth time in five games. Texas fell into a first-place tie with the Los Angeles Angels in the AL West.
"We had runners out there and we just needed a base hit at the right time," said Washington, who lost on his 59th birthday. "It would have been the difference in the ballgame. We didn't get it. Even against Trevor we had bases loaded, runners on second and third and just didn't get a hit off him at the right time."
Grant Balfour pitched the eighth and Brian Fuentes finished for his seventh save in nine chances after allowing Michael Young's two-out RBI single.
Cahill, who on April 11 received a new five-year contract worth $30.5 million, issued three free passes in an inning for the fifth time in his career but the first since July 17, 2009, against the Angels during his rookie season.
Cahill had walked only eight batters total in his first five starts this season before the four total walks Friday. The right-hander allowed seven hits and also struck out four while improving to 7-2 for his career against Texas.
"Our offense hasn't been doing what we're capable of lately and Trevor Cahill's always tough on us," Rangers left fielder David Murphy said. "It would be nice to see our offense clicking from top to bottom against a guy like that but we weren't. I don't even think he had his best stuff tonight."
Mitch Moreland, Young and Elvis Andrus each had two hits for Texas, which has gained or lost ground in the division race each of the last 14 days after holding a two-game lead for three straight days from April 13-15.
Suzuki did some early catching work in the bullpen to get back in a groove but he started at designated hitter. Manager Bob Geren said Suzuki would be back behind the plate Saturday. His two-out RBI single in the third put the A's ahead, then Josh Willingham added an RBI double in the fifth. Suzuki also grounded into a fielder's choice in the seventh as Oakland's third run against Wilson came home.
Suzuki left Anaheim on Wednesday to return to the Bay Area, where his wife, Renee, gave birth to the couple's first child Thursday morning. Malia weighed in at 8 pounds, 3 ounces.


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