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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1988
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A microfilm image processing apparatus in which a carriage unit carrying a plurality of projection lenses arranged in an array is provided in conjunction with a microfilm holder, wherein two different paths of light are to be selectively established, one from the carriage unit toward a viewing screen and the other from the carriage unit toward any light receiving member such as a photosensitive drum for producing electrostatic latent images and wherein the carriage unit is movable back and force in a direction perpendicular to the path of light from the microfilm holder either for scanning the image on a microfilm strip retained in the microfilm holder or moving a selected one of the plurality of projection lenses on the carriage unit into a position aligned with the path of light from the microfilm holder, each of the projection lenses being preferably of the zoom type and being axially movable by the carriage unit to provide a variable magnification ratio within a range prescribed for each projection lens.