Fiber optic load positioner

Claim 1

A POSITIONING DEVICE FOR A SYSTEM HAVING MEANS TO PRODUCE RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN TOW PARTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH LIGHT INFORMATION TRANSMITTED TO PHOTO-RESPONSIVE MEANS THROUGH SELECTED BUNDLES OF FIBER OPTIC ELEMENTS IN SAID TO PARTS, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING SAID TWO PARTS DISPOSED FOR RELATIVE MOTION WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER, A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR BUNDLES OF FIBER OPTIC ELEMENTS, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS HAVING AN ENTRANCE FACE AND AN EXIT FACE, SAID ENTRANCE FACES OF SAID ELEMENTS IN EACH OF SAID BUNDLES BEING ALIGNED TO FORM A SPOT, MEANS DISPOSING SAID SPOTS IN A MATRIX ARRAY, AND TWO PARTS HAVING ADJACENT SURFACES, SAID EXIT FACES OF SAID ELEMENTS IN EACH OF SAID BUNDLES BEING ALIGNED IN A SEPARATE COLUMN IN SAID SURFACE OF ONE OF SAID PARTS, SAID COLUMNS OF EXIT FACES BEING ABJACENT TO EACH OTHER AND FORMING AN ARRAY IN SAID SURFACE OF SAID ONE PART, AT LEAST ONE BUNDLE OF FIBER OPTIC ELEMENTS HAVING PORTIONS WITHIN THE OTHER OF SAID PARTS, EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS OF SAID ONE BUNDLE HAVING AN ENTRANCE FACE AND AN EXIT FACE, SAID ENTRANCE FACES OF SAID ELEMENTS OF SAID ONE BUNDLE BEING ALIGNED IN A COLUMN IN SAID SURFACE OF SAID OTHER PART, AND SAID EXIT FACES OF SAID ELEMENTS OF SAID ONE BUNDLE BEING ARRANGED TO FORM A SPOT.