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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2017
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ikuo Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/16 (2005.12); G03B 21/20 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 21/16 (2012.12); G03B 21/2013 (2012.12); G03B 21/2033 (2012.12); G03B 21/2066 (2012.12);
Abstract
A light source apparatus includes a light source unit that includes plural sets of a laser and a coupling lens corresponding to the laser, which are circumferentially provided to form a circle; and a reflecting unit placed within the circle and provided with plural reflecting surfaces corresponding to the lasers of the plural sets of the light source unit to be formed in a cone shape, the light irradiated from each of the lasers being injected into the corresponding reflecting surface via the corresponding coupling lens.