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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 1989
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1988
Yozo Fujii, Hachioji, JP;
Taku Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus with a magnification changing mechanism for an optical system wherein a first carriage carrying a lamp and a mirror for scanning an image of a document, a second carriage adapted to run in the same direction but at a half speed of the first carriage and carrying a V-mirror, and a lens for projecting the image of the document are provided. A V-mirror position changing device includes a block carriage disposed at an end of a closed loop wire for driving the first and second carriages, and a stationary block disposed on a body frame in a manner to correspond to adjoining blocks disposed on the block carriage. The wire is made to run on the blocks of the block carriage and the stationary block, and the terminal end of the wire is fixed on the block carriage.