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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1988
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1986
Haruhiro Hyodo, Toyohashi, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a scan type anamorphic magnifying apparatus capable of a so-called anamorphic magnification for appropriately enlarging or reducing an image of an original document scanned by a slit exposure method through varying a vertical-lateral proportion of the image, and more particularly to the scan type anamorphic magnifying apparatus comprising a first anamorphic optical element including a cylindrical lens and the like having a negative refracting power in a scanning direction and a second anamorphic optical element including a cylindrical lens and the like having a positive refracting power in the scanning direction both of which are provided to be cooperative with each other in a projection optical path extending toward a photosensitive member.