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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Masahiro Ohba, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A platform for precisely moving a stage and holding the stage at a position to which the stage has been moved, using an eccentric cam. The platform uses plate springs to support the stage at which an exposure head is formed. An outer circumferential portion and a central axis portion of the eccentric cam rotate relative to one another, and the plate springs urge legs of the stage toward the outer circumference. As a stepping motor drives the eccentric cam to rotate, the legs are urged to abut the outer circumference. Due to the rotation of the eccentric cam, the stage is moved in the direction the plate springs and the rotating drum approach/separate from one another, and held at a position where the eccentric cam has stopped.