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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:
Dec. 11, 1984
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Marcus R Hatch, Waltham, MA (US);
William J Lepsevich, Dedham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350-68 ; 350-13 ; 350-64 ;
Abstract
A scanning system comprising input optics including an afocal telescope, output optics including an imaging lens and a linear spaced array of detectors, a scanner including a hollow inwardly reflecting polygonal prism rotated about its longitudinal axis, which is subtantially parallel to the axis of the input optics, and two folding mirrors which are contained within the outline of the prism, and with respect to which the prism rotates.