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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1979
John D Armitage, Jr, Longmont, CO (US);
John A Barkley, Boulder, CO (US);
Ross B Hooker, III, Boulder, CO (US);
James R Walker, Longmont, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Erase apparatus for use in an electrophotographic copier machine where an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are placed adjacent one end of a light channel with the other end adjacent a moving photoreceptive surface. The channel allows light rays to pass freely from LED to LED but contains the rays in a direction parallel to the direction of photoreceptor movement. The channel may be comprised of sides with reflective surfaces normal to the photoreceptive surface or may be a solid plastic sheet through which the rays pass. In the latter embodiment, rays are internally reflected from the surfaces of the plastic sheet.