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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:
Sep. 24, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ellis D Harris, Claremont, CA (US);
Jean-Michel Guerin, Glendale, CA (US);
James M Wilson, Glendora, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359216 ; 359203 ; 359207 ; 359217 ; 347259 ; 347261 ;
Abstract
A passive facet tracking system using passive optical components to induce a beam of light to track a facet of a rotating mirror polygon. The properties of the passive components are such that they collimate a light beam in a tangential plane in a complete trip through the passive optical components and the passive optical components focus the beam in the sagittal plane so that the beam is collimated in the tangential plane and focussed in the sagittal plane when it arrives at the center of the facet.