Author: claimsbot

1. An electronic device manufacturing apparatus, comprising:
a holding member holding a substrate having a primary surface on which an electronic device is to be formed;
a first supply source provided on a primary surface side of the substrate held by the holding member and configured to include an evaporation film formation heating boat and form a nitrogen-containing layer on the primary surface of the substrate held by the holding member by heating a nitrogen-containing compound contained in the heating boat so as to be gasified and ejecting the gasified nitrogen-containing compound toward the primary surface of the substrate so as to be deposited thereon; and
a second supply source provided on the primary surface side of the substrate held by the holding member and configured to include an evaporation film formation heating boat and form a transparent electrode layer on the primary surface side of the substrate by heating an electrode material mainly containing silver contained in the heating boat so as to be gasified and ejecting the gasified electrode material toward the primary surface of the substrate, wherein the substrate held by the holding member and each of the first supply source and the second supply source are configured to be relatively moved, the second supply source is provided on a downstream side of the first supply source in a relative movement direction of the substrate held by the holding member, and spacing between the first supply source and the second supply source is set so that formation of a transparent electrode layer at a prescribed position on the substrate is started after starting formation of a nitrogen-containing layer at the prescribed position on the substrate and before an elapse of two minutes after finishing the formation of the nitrogen-containing layer at the prescribed position, such that the transparent electrode layer having a relatively higher continuity is formed at the predetermined position on the primary surface of the substrate via the nitrogen-containing layer.
2. The electronic device manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
a relative movement speed between the substrate held by the holding member and each of the first supply source and the second supply source is set to a speed at which the transparent electrode layer is formed in a thickness of 12 nm or less.
3. The electronic device manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
when a relative movement speed between the substrate held by the holding member and each of the first supply source and the second supply source is v,
the first supply source and the second supply source are disposed so that spacing d1 between a supply region of the gasified nitrogen-containing compound and a supply region of the gasified electrode material on the primary surface of the substrate holds d1 \u2266v \xd72 minutes.
4. The electronic device manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising
another supply source provided on the primary surface side of the substrate held by the holding member and configured to include an evaporation film formation heating boat and form a light emitting functional layer on the primary surface side of the substrate by heating a light emitting functional material contained in the heating boat so as to be gasified and ejecting the gasified light emitting functional material toward the primary surface side of the substrate, wherein the another supply source is provided at least on one of an upstream side of the first supply source in the relative movement direction of the substrate held by the holding member and a downstream side of the second supply source in the relative movement direction of the substrate.
5. The electronic device manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the holding member holds the substrate along a circumference thereof, and
the first supply source and the second supply source are disposed along another circumference concentric with the circumference of the holding member.
6. The electronic device manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a film formation chamber that houses the first supply source, the second supply source, and the holding member, and that can be put into a reduced pressure state inside thereof.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A kit for identifying fiber optic connections in a fiber optic cabling system, said fiber optic system comprising a patching means, a plurality of ports furnished on the patching means, a plurality of outlets remote from the patching means, and a plurality of fiber optic cables for optically connecting the ports and the outlets, said kit comprising:
a plurality of indication optic terminators for attachments onto the ports of the patching means; and
a test light generator for applying a test light to at least one of the outlets;
wherein said test light applied at the outlet reaches a corresponding connected port of the patching means through the connection of fiber optic cable and causes a corresponding indication optic terminator attached onto that connected port to light.
2. The kit of claim 1, wherein the test light generator further comprises:
a connecting means for optical attachment onto one of the outlets remote from the patching means;
a light emitting means connected to the connecting means; and
a power source to power the light emitting means enabling light to be transmitted through the connecting means.
3. The kit of claim 2, wherein said connecting means is selected from a group comprising of a test connector and a test adapter.
4. The kit of claim 2, wherein said light emitting means is selected from a group comprising of an LED, a light bulb and a laser.
5. The kit of claim 2, wherein said power source is a DC battery.
6. The kit of claim 1, wherein said kit comprises at least two test light generators, the test light from each of the test light generators are of different light frequencies so to be differentiable when being utilized simultaneously.
7. The kit of claim 1, therein said ports of the patching means are of a type selected from a group comprising of fiber optic connector and fiber optic adapter.
8. The kit of claim 1, wherein said outlets are of a type selected from a group comprising of fiber optic connector and fiber optic adapter.
9. The kit of claim 1, wherein the indication optic terminator comprises:
an attaching means attachable to a pre-selected type of fiber optic connectors, the attaching means being able to receive light from the fiber optic connector; and
a lamp means integral with the attaching means.
10. The kit of claim 9, wherein the attaching means is selected from a group comprising of fiber optic connector and fiber optic adapter.
11. The kit of claim 9, wherein the lamp means is a clear body made of transparent material for dispersing test light.
12. The kit of claim 9, wherein the lamp means is a short length of optic fiber.
13. The kit of claim 1, wherein the indication optic terminator further comprises:
a housing;
an attaching means located at one end of the housing, the attaching means being attachable to a pre-selected type of fiber optic connectors, the attaching means being able to receive light from the fiber optic connector;
a lamp means furnished in the housing, said lamp means includes a lamp and a battery coupled with said lamp, said lamp means being capable of emitting light according to a switching status; and
a light sensor located adjacent to the attaching means and coupled with the lamp means, the light sensor being able to detect the light received from the attaching means and control said switching status according to the detection.
14. A method of using kit to identify fiber optic connections in a fiber optic cabling system, said fiber optic system comprising a patching means, a plurality of ports furnished on the patching means, a plurality of outlets remote from the patching means, and a plurality of fiber optic cables for optically connecting the ports and the outlets so as to define the fiber optic connections between the outlets and the ports of the patching means;
said kit comprising a plurality of indication optic terminators for attachments onto the ports of the patching means and a test light generator for applying a test light to at least one of the outlets;
said method comprising the steps of:
a. attaching each port of the patching means with one indication optic terminator, so that the fiber optic connections desired to be identified are optically connected to the indication optic terminators;
b. using the test light generator to apply test light to one of the remote outlet to be tested, said test light reaching one of the ports which is connected therewith by the fiber optic cable and causing the indication optic terminator which is attached thereon to light;
c. identifying the fiber optic connection between the connected port and outlet which makes the indication optic terminator to light;
d. choosing another remote outlet to test;
e. repeating steps b. through d. sequentially until all fiber optic connections between the outlets and the ports of the patching means are identified; and
f. removing all of the indication optic terminators from the patching means.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein said method needs to employ at least two workers, one of the workers is positioned at the location of the patching means while another worker is positioned at one of the remote outlets.
16. The method of claim 15 further comprising a step between step c. and step d.:
c1. the worker at the patching means communicating the fact of a successful identification to the other worker who is at the remote outlet.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein said kit comprises at least two test light generators, the test light from each of the test light generators are of different colors so to be differentiable when being utilized simultaneously.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein the indication optic terminator comprises:
an attaching means attachable to a pre-selected type of fiber optic connectors, the attaching means being able to receive light from the fiber optic connector; and
a lamp means integral with the attaching means for exposing said test light in a visible manner.
19. A method of using a kit to identify fiber optic connections in a fiber optic cabling system, said fiber optic system comprising a patching means, a plurality of ports furnished on the patching means, a plurality of outlets remote from the patching means, and a plurality of fiber optic cables for optically connecting the ports and the outlets so as to define the fiber optic connections between the outlets and the ports of the patching means;
said kit comprising a plurality of indication optic terminators for attachments onto the ports of the patching means and a test light generator for applying a test light to at least one of the outlets;
said method comprising the steps of:
a. attaching each port of the patching means with one indication optic terminator, so that the fiber optic connections desired to be identified are optically connected to the indication optic terminators;
b. using the test light generator to apply test light to one of the remote outlet to be tested, said test light reaching one of the ports which is connected therewith by the fiber optic cable and causing the indication optic terminator which is attached thereon to light;
c. identifying the fiber optic connection between the connected port and outlet which makes the indication optic terminator to light;
d. choosing another remote outlet to test, and removing the indication optic terminator which has been identified; and
e. repeating steps b. through d. sequentially until all fiber optic connections between the outlets and the ports of the patching means are identified.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein said kit comprises at least two test light generators, the test light from each of the test light generators are of different colors so to be differentiable when being utilized simultaneously.
21. An indication optic terminator for use with a kit for identifying fiber optic connections in a fiber optic cabling system, said fiber optic system comprising a patching means and plurality of pre-selected type of fiber optic connectors furnished on the patching means, said indication optic terminator further comprising:
a housing;
an attaching means located at one end of the housing, the attaching means being attachable to said fiber optic connector, the attaching means being able to receive light from the fiber optic connector;
a lamp means furnished in the housing, said means including a lamp and a battery coupled with said lamp, said means being capable of emitting light according to a switching status; and
a light sensor located adjacent to the attaching means and coupled with the lamp means, the light sensor being able to detect the light received from the attaching means and control said switching status according to the detection.
22. The indication optic terminator of claim 21, wherein said fiber optic cabling system further comprises a plurality of outlets remote from the patching means and a plurality of fiber optic cables for optically connecting the fiber optic connectors and the outlets; wherein said kit comprises:
a plurality of indication optic terminators for attachments onto the fiber optic connectors of the patching means; and
a test light generator for applying a test light to at least one of the outlets;
wherein said test light applied at the outlet reaches a corresponding connected fiber optic connector of the patching means through the connection of fiber optic cable and causes a corresponding indication optic terminator attached onto that connected fiber optic connector to light.

1. A tool for sizing a gap between deck boards or other objects, the tool comprising in combination:
an elongate primary element extending between a first end and a second end;
said primary element being substantially rigid;
an elongate secondary element;
said secondary element affixed to said primary element;
said secondary element having a cross-section perpendicular to a long axis thereof which exhibits a greater thickness in a first direction than a thickness exhibited in a second direction spaced from said first direction about said long axis of said secondary element; and
said elongate primary element extending in said first direction, substantially common with said first direction in which said greater thickness of said cross-section of said elongate secondary element is exhibited, such that said greater thickness of said elongate secondary element extends in a substantially common direction with extension of said elongate primary element.
2. The tool of claim 1 wherein said secondary element is affixed to said primary element adjacent said first end of said primary element.
3. The tool of claim 1 wherein said primary element and said secondary element are formed together from a unitary mass of material.
4. The tool of claim 1 wherein said secondary element is substantially linear and substantially rigid.
5. The tool of claim 4 wherein said secondary element is oriented substantially perpendicular to said primary element.
6. The tool of claim 5 wherein said primary element is substantially linear.
7. The tool of claim 6 wherein said tool includes a tertiary element affixed to said primary element.
8. The tool of claim 7 wherein said tertiary element is substantially linear and oriented substantially perpendicular to said primary element.
9. The tool of claim 8 wherein said tertiary element is oriented substantially perpendicular to said secondary element and spaced from said secondary element.
10. The tool of claim 7 wherein said tertiary element has a cross-section perpendicular to a tertiary element long axis which exhibits a greater thickness in a first direction than a thickness exhibited in a second direction spaced from said first direction about said tertiary element long axis, and wherein a first direction thickness of said tertiary element is different from a first direction thickness of said secondary element.
11. The tool of claim 1 wherein an inner corner between said primary element and said secondary element is adapted to allow said primary element and said secondary element to lay flat against perpendicular sides of a board having a sharp substantially 90\xb0 corner.
12. The tool of claim 1 wherein said first direction of said cross-section of said secondary element terminates at a pair of opposing curved surfaces.
13. The tool of claim 12 wherein said opposing curved surfaces curve substantially about said long axis and with said opposing curved surfaces opposing each other in a plane substantially including said primary element therein.
14. The tool of claim 13 wherein said second direction of said cross-section of said secondary element terminates at substantially flat opposing surfaces which are substantially parallel to each other and closer to each other than a distance between said opposing curved surfaces.
15. A method for positioning deck boards with a uniform gap therebetween, the method including the steps of:
providing at least two gap sizing tools, each tool having an elongate primary element extending between a first end and a second end, the primary element being substantially rigid, an elongate secondary element, the secondary element affixed to the primary element, the secondary element having a cross-section perpendicular to a long axis thereof which exhibits a greater thickness in a first direction than a thickness exhibited in a second direction spaced from the first direction about the long axis of the secondary element;
positioning a first board where desired;
positioning a second board substantially parallel to said first board with a gap therebetween;
locating at least two of the gap sizing tools of said providing step with secondary elements thereof extending at least partially downwardly into the gap between the first board and the second board, with the primary elements of each of the gap sizing tools resting upon an upper surface of at least one of the boards;
orienting the at least two gap sizing tools with surfaces thereof defining the greater thickness in the first direction in the cross-section of the secondary element abutting each of the boards, such that a thickness of the gap matches the greater thickness in the first direction of the cross-section of the secondary elements;
fastening the boards to other portions of the deck; and
removing the tools by:
first rotating each of the tools about the long axis of the secondary element; and
second translating the tools along the long axis until the secondary element is out of the gap.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein said providing step includes the steps of:
forming the tool to include a tertiary element affixed to the primary element, wherein the tertiary element has a cross-section perpendicular to a tertiary element long axis of which exhibits a greater thickness in a first direction than a thickness exhibited in a second direction spaced from the first direction about the tertiary element long axis, and wherein a first direction thickness of the tertiary element is different from a first direction thickness of the secondary element;
selecting a gap width for the boards; and
said orienting step including the step of selecting between the secondary element and the tertiary element for placement within the gap and between the first board and the second board.
17. A gap sizing tool, comprising in combination:
an elongate center leg;
said center leg being substantially rigid;
an elongate first gap leg affixed to said center leg and extending substantially perpendicular to said center leg;
an elongate second gap leg affixed to said center leg and extending substantially perpendicular to said center leg;
said second gap leg non-parallel with said first gap leg;
wherein said first gap leg has a cross-section perpendicular to a long axis of said first gap leg which exhibits a greater thickness in a first direction than a thickness exhibited in a second direction spaced from said first direction about said long axis of said first gap leg; and
said center leg extending in said first direction, substantially common with said first direction in which said greater thickness of said cross-section of said elongate first gap leg is exhibited, such that said greater thickness of said elongate first gap leg extends in a substantially common direction with extension of said elongate first gap leg.
18. The gap sizing tool of claim 17 wherein said second gap leg is spaced from said first gap leg.
19. The gap sizing tool of claim 17 wherein said second gap leg is substantially perpendicular to said first gap leg.
20. The gap sizing tool of claim 17 wherein said second gap leg has a cross-section perpendicular to a second gap leg long axis which exhibits a greater thickness in a first direction than a thickness exhibited in a second direction spaced from said first direction about said second gap leg long axis, and wherein a first direction thickness of said second gap leg is different from a first direction thickness of said first gap leg.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1.-26. (canceled)
27. A method for producing a lens, comprising:
shaping a first surface of the lens to have a first surface shape;
shaping a second surface of the lens opposing the first surface to have a second surface shape;
wherein shaping the first and second surfaces comprises aspherizing both surfaces to both reduce a component of an optical power of the lens and reduce a measure of distortion of the lens such that
the first surface includes a point of maximum curvature and the curvature of the first surface measured along a line between the point of maximum curvature and any other point on the first surface decreases by at least 1.5 diopters at a distance 15 mm from the point of maximum curvature,
the first and second surface shapes define at least a portion of the lens having a diameter of at least 30 mm such that the portion includes the point of maximum curvature of the first surface, a component of an optical power of the lens varies by less than 0.03 diopters over the portion, and
a measure of distortion of the lens varies by 0.1% or less over the portion.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the curvature decreases monotonically in every direction from the point of maximum curvature.
29. The method of claim 27, wherein the measure of distortion is mean magnification, magnification aspect ratio, vertical magnification, or horizontal magnification.
30. The method of claim 27, wherein the component of the optical power is mean power, tangential power, sagittal power, or astigmatism.
31. The method of claim 27, wherein the first surface has a base curvature of 6 diopters or more.
32. The method of claim 27, wherein the first surface has a base curvature of 7 diopters or more.
33. The method of claim 27, wherein the shape of the first surface measured along the line between the point of maximum curvature and another point on the first surface decreases by at least 3 diopters a distance 20 mm from the point of maximum curvature.
34. A spectacle lens, comprising:
a first surface having a first surface shape; and
a second surface opposite the first surface, the second surface having a second surface shape,
wherein the first and second surfaces are aspherized to reduce both a component of optical power and reduce a measure of distortion of the lens such that
the first surface includes a point of maximum curvature and the curvature of the first surface measured along a line between the point of maximum curvature and any other point on the first surface decreases by at least 1.5 diopters at a distance 15 mm from the point of maximum curvature,
the first and second surface shapes define at least a portion of the lens having a diameter of at least 30 mm such that the portion includes the point of maximum curvature of the first surface, a component of an optical power of the lens varies by less than 0.03 diopters over the portion, and
a measure of distortion of the lens varies by 0.1% or less over the portion.
35. The lens of claim 34, wherein the curvature decreases monotonically in every direction from the point of maximum curvature.
36. The lens of claim 34, wherein the measure of distortion is mean magnification, magnification aspect ratio, vertical magnification, or horizontal magnification.
37. The lens of claim 34, wherein the component of the optical power is mean power, tangential power, sagittal power, or astigmatism.
38. The lens of claim 34, wherein the first surface has a base curvature of 6 diopters or more.
39. The lens of claim 34, wherein the first surface has a base curvature of 7 diopters or more.
40. The lens of claim 34, wherein the shape of the first surface measured along the line between the point of maximum curvature and another point on the first surface decreases by at least 3 diopters a distance 20 mm from the point of maximum curvature.