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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2015
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
Fei Chen, Lexington, KY (US);
Randall Lee Hudson, Lexington, KY (US);
Christopher Dane Jones, Georgetown, KY (US);
Jason Lee Rowe, Richmond, KY (US);
LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC., Lexington, MA (US);
Abstract
A collimation assembly includes a body, at least four light sources, and at least four collimation lenses. The body has inner surfaces that define at least four hollow portions extending through the body between opposed first and second sides thereof, each hollow portion having opposed first and second openings at the first and second sides of the body, respectively. Each light source is disposed at the first opening of one of the at least four hollow portions and controllable to emit a light beam therethrough. Each collimation lens is disposed at the second opening of one of the at least four hollow portions to receive the light beam emitted by the light source disposed at the first opening and diverge the light beam as the light beam passes through the collimation lens. The at least four light sources and the at least four collimation lenses are supported by the body.