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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:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuo Sakuma, Inagi, JP;
Magane Aoki, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
369 4438 ; 359204 ; 347243 ;
Abstract
A multiple-optical scanner includes an optical source that produces a plurality of optical beams such that the plurality of optical beams cross each other substantially at a location of a rotary polygonal mirror when viewed in a direction of a rotational axis of the rotary polygonal mirror.