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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1980
Filed:
May. 03, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen T Avery, Rochester, NY (US);
John A Durbin, Webster, NY (US);
William L Lama, Webster, NY (US);
Paul H Stiebitz, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 71 ; 362297 ; 362346 ;
Abstract
A facetted reflector faces a linear scanning illumination source and directs light onto an object plane. The tilt angle and length of each linear mirror segment (facet) comprising the reflector are designed to achieve maximum illumination at an object scan line consistent with the geometry of the particular illumination system.