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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Motomu Fukasawa, Iruma, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/514 ; B41J 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 1/514 ; B41J 2/700 ;
Abstract
A rod lens array to be used for an optical printer, including: (a) a plurality of rod lenses arranged in an array; (b) a substance filled between the plurality of rod lenses; and (c) a pair of substrates sandwiching the plurality of rod lenses and the substance, wherein each of the substrates comprises a panel member and a layer formed on the surface of the panel member bearing the rod lenses thereon, and wherein the panel member is made of a fiber-reinforced plastic material and the layer is made of a resin, and the layer eliminates undulations formed by the fibers in the panel member.