Patent ID: 8019046
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: H05G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus providing a source of shortwave electromagnetic radiation utilizing a tape having a first side and a second side and a laser beam focused and impinging on said first side of said tape, comprising: a. a tape storage unit feeding the tape therefrom; b. a base; c. a first projecting element supported relative to said base, said first projecting element contacting the second side of the tape being fed from the tape storage unit; d. a second projecting element supported relative to said base and spaced from said first projecting elements, said second projecting element contacting the first side of the tape being fed from the tape storage unit wherein the portion of tape positioned between said contact with said first and second projecting units lying in a plane during said feeding of said tape from said tape storage unit, said laser beam being focused and impinging on the first side of the portion of tape positioned between said contact with said first and second projecting units; and e. take-up means for gathering the tape passing between said first and second projecting elements, said take-up means comprising a pinch mechanism simultaneously contacting the first and second sides of the tape fed by said tape storage unit.