Optical table
AssigneeKinetic Systems, Inc.
InventorsMaurice Gertel, Hamid Shaidani, Steven F. Shedd
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Abstract
An optical table including a top facing sheet with apertures therethrough for supporting components on the top facing sheet, a bottom facing sheet spaced from the top facing sheet, and a panel under the top facing sheet including upstanding ribs defining channels between the ribs on one surface of the panel wherein the ribs support the top facing sheet and the channels are located beneath the apertures in the top facing sheet for capturing spills through the apertures in the top facing sheet.
Claims26
An optical table comprising:
- a top facing sheet with apertures therethrough for supporting components on said top facing sheet;
- a bottom facing sheet spaced from said top facing sheet;
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- a panel under said top facing sheet including upstanding ribs defining channels between the ribs on one surface of the panel, the ribs supporting the top facing sheet, the channels located beneath said apertures in said top facing sheet.
An optical table comprising:
- a top facing sheet with apertures therethrough for supporting components on said top facing sheet;
- a bottom facing sheet spaced from said top facing sheet;
- a panel under said top facing sheet including upstanding ribs defining channels between the ribs on one surface of the panel, the ribs supporting the top facing sheet, the channels located beneath said apertures in said top facing sheet;
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- a honeycomb core extending between said panel and said bottom facing sheet.
An optical table comprising:
- a top facing sheet with apertures therethrough for supporting components on said top facing sheet;
- a panel under said top facing sheet including upstanding ribs defining channels between the ribs on one surface of the panel, the ribs supporting the top facing sheet, the channels located beneath said apertures in said top facing sheet;
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- a bottom facing sheet disposed directly beneath said panel.
An optical table comprising:
- a top facing sheet with apertures therethrough for supporting components on said top facing sheet;
- a bottom facing sheet spaced from said top facing sheet;
- a panel under said top facing sheet including upstanding ribs defining channels between the ribs on one surface of the panel, the ribs supporting the top facing sheet, the channels located beneath said apertures in said top facing sheet, said panel further including a set of ribs on an opposing surface of the panel extending in a direction opposite the upstanding ribs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.