Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Masaaki Ishii

Junichi Kimizuka

Kazuo Minoura

Naoto Kawamura

Takashi Kitamura

Koichi Masegi

Isao Hakamada

Katsuhito Dei

Nobuhiro Imai

Junji Ichikawa

Haruo Uchiyama

Koichi Kadokura

Kimio Kohno

In a serial connection of plural sheet sorters, each sorter is capable of checking the state of downstream sorters and, in case an assigned sorter is not in a normal state, the sheets are stored in an immediately preceding sorter. In this manner it is made possible to prevent a situation where the function of the entire sorters is blocked by a single failure. Also sorters of desired number can be connected in series since same control circuits can be used in all sorters.

Sheet storing appartus

There is disclosed a sorter provided with transporter for transporting sheet members supplied with a first speed at a larger second speed along a transport path and plural bins arranged along the transport path for storing the sheet members transported by the transporter, wherein said second speed is so selected that, when a sheet member is stored in one of the bins, the succeeding sheet member does not arrive at the most upstream bin in the transport path.

Sheet sorter

In a semiconductor laser optical system which uses a light source a semiconductor laser having different diverging points and divergence angles in orthogonal directions and in which the light beam from the light source is imaged on a scanned surface, only a spherical surface optical system is provided between the semiconductor laser and the scanned surface. The spherical surface optical system includes two partial optical systems, i.e. a first image forming optical system and a second image forming optical system as viewed from the light source side. By selecting the optical constant of one of the two image forming optical systems to a predetermined value, the peak power of the image forming spot on the scanned surface is maximized.

Image forming optical system using a semiconductor laser

A laser recording apparatus includes a laser optical unit having an integral combination of a laser for emitting a laser beam and an optical system for converting the laser beam into an expanded and collimated beam; a deflector unit for directly receiving the laser beam emergent from the laser optical unit and directing the laser beam toward a recording medium; a photoreceptor unit having an integral combination of a reflecting member for reflecting the laser beam deflected by the deflector unit and a photoreceptor for receiving the laser beam reflected by the reflecting member; a support member having standard portions respectively for mounting the laser optical unit, the deflector unit and the photoreceptor unit.

Laser recording apparatus

An optical system for scanning is disclosed which comprises an afocal optical system and a first - and a second deflecting members so disposed respectively at an optically conjugate position relative to the afocal optical system as to substantially interpose the system therebetween. The plane formed by a beam deflected by the first deflecting member is substantially coincident with that formed by a beam deflected by the second one. In order to control the angle of deviation (deflection) of the beam finally scanned, there is provided, for the afocal optical system, means for differentiating the exit angle from the incident angle of a beam passing through the afocal optical system. Furthermore, the angle of deflection of a beam deflected by the first deflecting member in a unit time period is made different from that deflected by the second one.

Scanning optical system including an afocal system

An endless tape cartridge, preferably for use with magnetic recording-reproducing apparatuses, comprises a plurality of loose rollers opposed to one end face of an endless tape coil in the cartridge and disposed radially of the tape coil. Within the cartridge, brake means having its end face for uniform resilient engagement with the end face of the tape coil is cockably or pivotally mounted. The brake means is arranged so that its resilient pressure force imparted to the coil end face may be released from outside the cartridge through openings formed in the cartridge wall.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Masaaki Ishii