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6400486 Scanning optical system having diffractive lens surface  
A scanning optical system is provided with a laser diode, a polygonal mirror and a scanning lens system. The scanning lens system has positive power. Further, the scanning lens system has a...
6396646 Multi-beam optical system  
A multi-beam optical system has a beam-dividing element that divides a light beam emitted by a light source into a plurality of light beams, which are emerged therefrom at different angles,...
6396615 Multi-beam scanning optical system  
A multi-beam scanning optical system is provided with a plurality of laser diodes respectively emitting a plurality of laser beams, each of said plurality of laser diodes being accommodated in a...
6392773 Multi-beam scanning optical system  
A multi-beam scanning optical system is provided with a light source unit, polygonal mirror, and an fθ lens. The fθ lens includes first, second and third lenses. The beams emitted by the light...
6392772 Multi-beam scanning optical system  
A multi-beam scanning optical system is provided with a light source unit, polygonal mirror, and an fθ lens. The fθ lens includes a first lens that converges the beams mainly in the main scanning...
6388737 Exposure method and apparatus  
An exposure method and apparatus are provided. The exposure apparatus of the present invention includes a discontinuous exposure unit which discontinuously exposes the scan-end point in a first...
6384951 High throughput optical scanner  
A scanning apparatus is provided to obtain automated, rapid and sensitive scanning of substrate fluorescence, optical density or phosphorescence. The scanner uses a constant path length optical...
6384950 Optical system for scanning  
An optical system for scanning which facilitates, at a time of assembling a plurality of optical elements forming an optical system for scanning, adjustment of positional relationships between the...
6384949 Optical scanning device, image forming apparatus and optical scanning method  
A coupling lens couples a light flux from a light source to form a parallel light flux, a convergent light flux or a divergent light flux. An optical deflector includes a deflective reflection...
6381078 Optical device  
An optical scanning device according to the present invention includes a lens to convert divergent rays from a laser diode to parallel or convergent rays, a slit to regulate luminous energy of the...
6381057 Multi-beam scanning apparatus  
A multi-beam scanning apparatus includes a light source having a semiconductor laser chip in which a plurality of light emitting points are arranged such that optical beam spots are impinged at...
6377381 Light beam deflection scanner  
A light beam deflection scanner includes a plural number of semiconductor laser beam elements which are correctable so that they emit beams having an amount of light equal to each other. A light...
6366386 Scanning optical device and image forming apparatus using the same  
A scanning optical device to be used for an image forming apparatus such as a laser beam printer or a digital copying machine comprises a light source, an optical deflector, a first optical system...
6366385 Multi-beam scanning optical system and image forming apparatus using the same  
A multi-beam scanning optical system includes a light source having a plurality of light-emission points, an incident optical system for guiding a plurality of light beams emitted from the light...
6366384 Multi-beam scanning method, apparatus and multi-beam light source device achieving improved scanning line pitch using large light emitting points interval  
A multi-beam scanning method for scanning a scanning surface with a plurality of beams which are formed into a plurality of beam spots separated from each other in a sub scanning direction includes...
6359717 Optical scanning apparatus and scanning image forming lens  
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for outputting light, a first lens system arranged to receive the light output from the light source and to transmit a light flux therefrom, an...
6351324 Laser imaging system with progressive multi-beam scan architecture  
A progressive scan architecture for displaying a two-dimensional image by alternately scanning two or more laser beams, one after the other with a time delay between adjacent beams. The beams are...
6348989 Scanning image forming lens and optical scanning apparatus  
A scanning and image forming lens system in an optical scanning apparatus optical scans a surface to be scanned by deflecting a luminous flux emitted from a light source in a direction...
6348988 Scanning image forming lens and optical scanning apparatus  
A scanning and image forming lens system in an optical scanning apparatus optical scans a surface to be scanned by deflecting a luminous flux emitted from a light source in a direction...
6347004 Optical scanning apparatus and scanning image forming lens  
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source for outputting light, a first lens system arranged to receive the light output from the light source and to transmit a light flux therefrom, an...
6347003 Multi-beam laser exposer unit  
A multi-beam laser exposure unit of the present invention includes a light beam deflector for deflecting a light beam in a predetermined direction, a plurality of laser devices, a pre-optical...
6342964 Scanning optical system  
A scanning optical system includes a semiconductor laser, a polygonal mirror, which deflects a beam emitted from the semiconductor laser, an fθ lens for converging the deflected beam onto an...
6342963 Optical scanning apparatus capable of correcting positional shifts contained in plural images to be synthesized  
In an optical scanning apparatus used in an image forming apparatus for scanning a plurality of optical beams on photosensitive members and for synthesizing a plurality of images formed on the...
6341030 Light beam optical scanner and image forming apparatus  
In an optical system, the scanning center axis of a scanning lens, the principal ray of a laser beam applied to the scanning lens, and the rotational axis of a polygon mirror are in one plane. By...
6339491 Dustproof structure of optical box  
There is provided a dustproof structure of an optical box in which intrusion of dust into the optical box can be prevented. Laser beams deflected by a polygon mirror of an optical box are...
6337757 Multi-beam exposure unit  
This invention has as its object to provide an image forming apparatus which can provide a color image free from any color misregistration with low cost, and a light scanning unit suitable for the...
6330096 Light-beam scanning type image reader  
The number of pixels in a horizontal scanning direction and the number of pixels in a vertical scanning direction are computed by use of a calibration sheet. The cycle of a first clock pulse which...
6327067 Light scanning apparatus  
A light scanning apparatus includes a deflector for deflecting a light beam emitted from a laser. A rotating reflector is provided in the deflector, and a reflecting surface is formed on the...
6320690 Scanning optical apparatus and laser scanning apparatus  
A scanning optical apparatus is provided with a light source for emitting a light beam, a deflector, and at least two reflecting surfaces. The deflector deflects the light beam emitted from the...
6320689 Semiconductor laser and optical system having a collimator lens  
An optical system includes a semiconductor laser. The semiconductor laser is accommodated within a case. The case is formed with a window to pass through laser light emitted from the semiconductor...
6317246 Multi-beam scanning apparatus  
A multi-beam scanning apparatus performs image scanning by emitting multiple beams from a plurality of light sources, which beams are deflected by a common deflector at equiangular velocity. The...
6317245 Multi-beam scanning optical system  
A multi-beam scanning optical system is provided with a light source unit emitting a plurality of beams. The beams are incident on a polygonal mirror, and deflected thereby to scan in a...
6317244 Light-scanning optical system and image-forming apparatus comprising the same  
A light-scanning optical system comprises a light source, a first optical system, a light deflector having a deflection surface, a second optical system, a photodetector and a luminous flux...
6313935 Scanning optical apparatus  
A scanning optical apparatus including a rotatable polygon mirror for deflecting laser light flux with equal angular velocity, an f lens for compensating the laser light flux deflected by the...
6313906 Multibeam scanning device  
Laser beams LK and LY are respectively emitted from laser diodes 51K and 51Y and incident on a mirror face of a polygon mirror 55 via collimator lenses 52K, 52Y and first cylindrical lenses 53K,...
6310711 Optical defection device, stop control method thereof, and image forming apparatus therewith  
An optical deflection device includes: a fixed supporting member; a coil supporting member fixed on the fixed supporting member; a coil fixed on the coil supporting member; a rotary body having a...
6310710 High-resolution reading and writing using beams and lenses rotating at equal or double speed  
A scan systems include at least one radiation source for directing at least one beam toward a spinning scan device. The scan device reflects these beams as rotating scan beams to track rotating...
6292285 Single rotating polygon mirror with v-shaped facets for a multiple beam ROS  
A single rotating polygon mirror with v-shaped facets having upper and lower reflective facet surfaces reflects and separates dual beams to two photoreceptors in a ROS. Each facet surface will have...
6288819 Scanning image forming lens and optical scanning apparatus  
A scanning and image forming lens system in an optical scanning apparatus optical scans a surface to be scanned by deflecting a luminous flux emitted from a light source in a direction...
6288818 Optical scanning apparatus  
An optical scanning apparatus includes a plurality of light sources which emit first and second beams. First and second coupling lens units respectively couple the first and second beams emitted by...
6288817 High duty cycle synchronized multi-line scanner  
A scanner includes a single scanning element such as a holographic disc or a polygon mirror and an illumination system that provides a plurality of input beams that are directed to different areas...
6285482 Optical deflecting-scanning apparatus  
An optical deflecting-scanning apparatus includes a deflector for deflecting a light beam to scan, a driving device for rotationally driving the deflector, a cover having a cylindrical portion to...
6266175 Scanner with synchronously switched optics  
A method of and system a system for generating scan lines having different beam characteristics. In one embodiment, the beam is focused at different distances depending upon the scan line. A system...
6266174 Multi-beam scanning apparatus with controlled scan line bow  
A multi-beam scanning apparatus comprises a light source unit for emitting a plurality of beams, a beam deflector for deflecting the plurality of beams from the light source unit, and a common...
6259546 Scanning and imaging lens and optical scanning device  
An optical scanning lens is for use in an optical scanning device in which a light beam forming a line image elongated in a direction corresponding to a main-scanning direction is deflected at a...
6256133 Optical scanning apparatus  
An optical scanning apparatus is constructed such that a light beam from a light source is formed into a linear image extending in a main scanning direction and is caused to be deflected at a...
6249366 Outboard support for cantilevered air bearing stationary shaft  
Motor polygon assemblies having a housing, a cantilevered stationary shaft within the housing, a rotating sleeve, a multifaceted polygon mounted on the rotating sleeve, and a cover over the...
6243190 Light scanning apparatus  
A light scanning apparatus includes a deflector for deflecting a light beam emitted from a laser. A rotating reflector is provided in the deflector, and a reflecting surface is formed on the...
6243187 Polygonal mirror device  
An annular groove is formed on the upper surface, or a surface C, of a rotor member. A surface D and a surface E of a rotor member, which are located closer to the center than the annular groove...
6243184 Method and apparatus for light scanning  
A light scanner includes a beam deflector supported for rotary motion to deflect an incoming light beam into an image field in response to being rotationally aligned. A motor mechanically couples...