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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:
Oct. 02, 1984
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Kitamura, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350-68 ;
Abstract
This invention provides an optical scanning apparatus having a compact structure which includes a light-source portion consisting of an array of aligned light sources, a collimating portion for collimating the beams from the light source portion, a deflecting portion for deflecting the collimated beams from the collimating portion, and an imaging portion for causing the deflected beams to form an image on a surface to be scanned, said collimating portions including an exit pupil which is positioned extremely close to the deflecting surface of said deflecting portion.