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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Shigeru Sawamura, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Shigeru Sawamura, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 2128 ; G03B 2100 ; G02B 504 ; H04N 912 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An illuminating apparatus has a light source emitting illumination light; and a prism having a plurality of reflecting surfaces and reflecting the illumination light from said light source by the reflecting surfaces to thereby bend an illumination optical path at an obtuse angle.