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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:
Jan. 12, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1985
Walter I Hansen, Cold Spring Harbor, NY (US);
Herbert Klepper, Westbury, NY (US);
Rudolf Hell GmbH, Kiel, DE;
Abstract
Image setting apparatus is disclosed for producing two-dimensional images on photosensitive sheet material. The apparatus includes a device for transporting the photosensitive sheet material past an image point to provide a first dimension of the two-dimensional image; a light source for producing a modulated beam of light, a scanning device for converting the light beam into a scanning beam; and a scan lens in the path of the scanning beam such that a focused beam spot moves repeatedly in a linear direction across the photosensitive material at the image point to provide the other dimension of the two-dimensional image. According to one improvement the scanning device is a rotatable prism having two mirror facets whose planes intersect in a common line. The prism is arranged to rotate about an axis perpendicular to this line so as to reflect the light beam into a scanning beam having a substantially constant angular velocity. According to another improvement, the device for transporting the photosensitive sheet material includes a pair of driving rollers at the nip of which the sheet material is pinched, the image point being located along a line on the surface of one of these rollers extending parallel to its axis of rotation.