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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
May. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Gerhard Benker, Icking, DE;
Assignee:
AGFA-Gevaert AG --Fototechnik, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 71 ; 355 67 ; 355 77 ;
Abstract
A photographic copier has a station which serves as a scanning station and a copying station. The station includes a support for an image to be scanned and copied, and a single light source for scanning and copying. A light-diffusing member is disposed between the light source and the support, and the light-diffusing member has a first condition for copying and a second condition for scanning. Light undergoes a high degree of diffusion in the first condition and a lower degree of, or substantially no, diffusion in the second condition.