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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1980
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1978
Ichiro Sawamura, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A scanner comprises a first array of a multitude of optical fibres having one of their end faces aligned along a rectilinear line and having their other end face disposed on a circle, a second array of a multitude of optical fibres having one of their end faces disposed in opposing relationship with the said other end face of the optical fibres of the first array and having their other end faces arranged together at a single location, a scanning disc rotatably disposed between the opposing end faces of the first and second arrays and having a single signal transmission aperture and a plurality of timing apertures formed therein, a single phototube disposed in opposing relationship with the collected end faces of the optical fibres of the second array, and a channel detector disposed adjacent to the timing apertures. The scanner achieves an optical scanning of a specimen to be examined.