Pin having nonaligned cube axis and pin axis and bundle of such pins

A pin for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof said pin comprising an elongated shank being of rectangular outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, and a cube-corner formation at one end of said shank and having a cube axis at an angle to said pin axis of other than zero degrees, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, said cube-corner formation having a given side which is rectilinear and is contained by one of said faces and lies in a plane perpendicular to said pin axis.

A pin for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof said pin comprising an elongated shank being of rectangular outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, a cube-corner formation at one end of said shank and having a cube axis at an angle to said pin axis of other than zero degrees, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, said cube-corner formation having one of said edges thereof terminating at a corner of the associated outline.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof over a wide angle, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof and a cube axis, said elongated shank being of regular polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, said cube-corner formation having a cube axis at an angle to said pin axis of other than zero degrees, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof over a wide angle, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof and a cube axis, said elongated shank being of regular polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, each of said cube-corner formations having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another, the cube axes of a first group of said pins being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes at a first angle as measured in a predetermined plane, the cube axes of a second group of said pins being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes at a second different angle as measured in said predetermined plane.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof over a wide angle, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof and a cube axis, said elongated shank being of regular polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting three mutually perpendicular edges, said cube-corner formation having a given side which is rectilinear and is contained by one of said faces and lies in a plane perpendicular to said pin axis, one edge of said cube-corner formation being substantially perpendicular to said one face and lying in a predetermined plane, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another, said pins being arranged in said first and second rows, the cube axes of the pins in said first rows being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes at a first angle as measured in said predetermined plane, the cube axes of the pins in said second rows being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes at a second different angle as measured in said predetermined plane.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof over a wide angle, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof and a cube axis, said elongated shank being of regular polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, said cube-corner formation having a given side which is rectilinear and is contained by one of said faces and lies in a plane perpendicular to said pin axis, one edge of said cube-corner formation being substantially perpendicular to said one face, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another, said pins being arranged in units each having first and second and third and fourth pins respectively clockwise situated in the four quadrants of a rectangle, the cube axes of said first and second and third and fourth pins being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes respectively at first and second and third and fourth angles as measured respectively in first and second and third and fourth planes.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof over a wide angle, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof and a cube axis, said elongated shank being of regular polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, said cube-corner formation having one of said edges thereof terminating at a corner of the associated outline, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another, said pins being arranged into rectangular units having four pins respectively situated in the four quadrants of a rectangle, the cube axes respectively of said first and second and third and fourth pins being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes respectively at first and second and third and fourth angles as measured respectively in first and second and third and fourth planes.

A pin for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof, said pin comprising an elongated shank being of polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, and a cube-corner formation at one end of said shank and having a cube axis at an angle to said pin axis of other than zero degrees, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof, said elongated shank being of polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, said cube-corner formation having a cube axis at an angle to said pin axis of other than zero degrees, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof over a wide angle, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof and a cube axis, said elongated shank being of polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, each of said cube-corner formations having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another, the cube axes of a first group of said pins being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes at a first angle as measured in a predetermined plane, the cube axes of a second group of said pins being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes at a second different angle as measured in said predetermined plane.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof over a side angle, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof and a cube axis, said elongated shank being of polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting three mutually perpendicular edges, said cube-corner formation having a given side which is rectilinear and is contained by one of said faces and lies in a plane perpendicular to said pin axis, one edge of said cube-corner formation being substantially perpendicular to said one face and lying in a predetermined plane, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another, said pins being arranged in said first and second rows, the cube axes of the pins in said first rows being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes at a first angle as measured in said predetermined plane, the cube axes of the pins in said second rows being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes at a second different angle as measured in said predetermined plane.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof over a wide angle, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof and a cube axis, said elongated shank being of polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, said cube-corner formation having a given side which is rectilinear and is contained by one of said faces and lies in a plane perpendicular to said pin axis, one edge of said cube-corner formation being substantially perpendicular to said one face, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another, said pins being arranged in units each having a first and second and third and fourth pins respectively clockwise situated in the four quadrants of a rectangle, the cube axes of said first and second and third and fourth pins being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes respectively at first and second and third and fourth angles as measured respectively in first and second and third and fourth planes.

A pin bundle for use in making cube-corner reflectors capable of reflecting light back to the source thereof over a wide angle, said pin bundle comprising a plurality of pins each including an elongated shank and a cube-corner formation at one end thereof and a cube axis, said elongated shank being of polygon outline and having a longitudinally extending pin axis, said cube-corner formation having three mutually perpendicular faces symmetrically arranged with respect to said cube axis and respectively intersecting in three mutually perpendicular edges, said cube-corner formation having one of said edges thereof terminating at a corner of the associated outline, the pin axes respectively of said pins being disposed substantially parallel to one another, said pins being arranged into rectangular units each having four pins respectively situated in the four quadrants of a rectangle, the cube axes respectively of said first and second and third and fourth pins being inclined with respect to the associated pin axes respectively at first and second and third and fourth angles as measured respectively in first and second and third and fourth planes.