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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuo Kasahara, Yokohama, JP;
Yukio Noguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 70 ; 355 35 ; 355 37 ; 355 69 ;
Abstract
An illuminating system for a photocopier utilizing plural lamps. The photocopier utilizes a single slit system with a single photoconductive element. A reflector carries a plurality of pairs of lamps along the longitudinal direction of the reflector. The corresponding lamps of each pair are connected in two lamp circuits which are separately controlled. the controller controls each circuit to be either off or have a controlled voltage applied to the circuit, where the voltage is variable in a number of steps.