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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:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396310 ; 396315 ; 396317 ;
Abstract
A data printing device comprises a light emitting device that includes a plurality of light emitting elements, and an imaging optical system for forming light points on the film which correspond to the light emitting elements. The imaging optical system includes at least one imaging lens and at least three reflecting surfaces that reflect the light from the light emitting device to bend the optical path along an arc of a cylindrical wall of a film space, such as a spool chamber or a cartridge chamber.