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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1982
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1980
Shintaro Kotani, Tokyo, JP;
Ichimatsu Abiko, Tokyo, JP;
Rikuo Takano, Zushi, JP;
Yasushi Hoshino, Yokosuka, JP;
Yukio Tokunaga, Yokosuka, JP;
Kazuyoshi Tateishi, Yokosuka, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical printing device includes a photosensitive means having a photosensitive surface and an optical print head. The optical print head has a plurality of arrays of a plurality of light emitting devices selectively energized and an optical means to form light images from the light emitting devices on the photosensitive surface. A plurality of the light emitting device arrays are arranged in a plurality of rows, with the light emitting devices aligned in a common direction with the arrays. The optical means comprises a plurality of graded index optical fiber arrays of which the optical axes are directed perpendicularly to the aforesaid photosensitive surface.