(under subclass 534) Subject matter wherein the curved refracting surface is positioned either within an indentation of the substrate or within a socket created by a plurality of elements to hold it in place.
(1) Note. Multiple minute spheres used to retain a much larger curved refracting optical element within a socket for the larger element belong in this subclass.
(2) Note. These indentations can be produced by a platen which forces refracting beads against a substrate to form indentations, thus producing separate indentations for each bead.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
543, for individual reflector (not microsphere) element mount.
