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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roy D Allen, Burlington, MA (US);
Frank Scholten, Livingston, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Agfa Corporation, Wilmington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359305 ; 359204 ; 359211 ; 359220 ; 359312 ; 358493 ;
Abstract
A multi-beam scanning system for scanning a curved imaging surface includes at least one radiation emitter which emits first and second beams of radiation. A spin deflector, rotatable about a spin axis, directs the first beam to form a first scan line and the second beam to form a second scan line on the imaging surface. A deflection element, disposed in the path of the first beam and upstream of the spin deflector, operates to deflect the first beam with respect to the rotation of the spin deflector. The spin deflector is impinged by beams of radiation only at a distance, other than zero, from the spin axis.