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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:
Apr. 07, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Armitage, Jr, Longmont, CO (US);
Wilson M Routt, Jr, Lexington, KY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 67 ; 355 57 ;
Abstract
A three piece aperture comprising a centerpiece positioned much as an 'island' between two outer pieces so as to form two light transmissive slits. The two outer pieces may contain symmetrical light transmission edges. The aperture is of particular use in electrophotographic copier machines where substantially continuously variable reduction is practiced.