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5995268 Multi-beam exposure unit  
According to the present invention, there is provided an improved multi-beam exposure unit using a plurality of beams for scanning, in which shifts between the beams are reduced so that images can...
5986793 Optical apparatus  
An optical apparatus has a holder which integrally holds a light source for emitting a divergent beam, and a finite focus lens (or a collimator lens) for converting the divergent beam to a...
5986791 Optical scanning device and a scanning lens therefor  
An optical scanning device of the present invention includes a simple scanning lens. At least one of opposite surfaces of the lens has a nonarcuate shape, as seen in a polarization plane. At least...
5982527 Inertial stabilization of rotational optical scanners  
Method and apparatus are disclosed for stabilizing an optical scanner having a rotational axis and a substrate with facets which are generally pyramidal, the outer diameter of the facets being...
5982523 Tilt correcting optical system  
In a light beam scanning system, a light beam deflected by a deflector is focused to form an image on a surface and the image is caused to scan the surface at a constant speed. A tilt correcting...
5979767 Portable multi-directional bar code scanner  
An apparatus for scanning bar code on an article comprises a housing with a window; a laser light source for transmitting a laser beam which is disposed in the housing; a first mirror fixedly...
5977536 All-around observation device having a rotatable objective element  
An all-around observation device is provided for detecting a field of view having a large solid angle. The all-around observation device comprises an imaging optical system having objective means...
5973813 Reflection type optical scanning system  
A reflection type optical scanning system includes a cylindrical lens having positive power in the sub-scanning direction, a deflector, an image forming curved reflection mirror, and an anamorphic...
5969844 Rotor and polygon scanner that incorporates the rotor  
A rotor includes a hollow rotating shaft that is supported in a non-contact state by a radial self acting air bearing. The rotor also includes a contacting portion for positioning a rotating member...
5969843 Light source device and light beam scanning optical apparatus  
A light beam scanning optical apparatus which writes two lines at one scan on a photosensitive member with light beams emitted from two light sources. A light source unit of the apparatus has a...
5969347 Synchronizing apparatus of a cascade scanning optical system having tilting measurement of reflecting surfaces  
A cascade scanning optical system which includes: a first laser scanning optical system having a first polygon mirror, provided with a plurality of first reflecting surfaces, for deflecting a first...
5966232 Scanning optical system  
A scanning optical system includes a light source, an optical deflector for deflecting a laser beam emitted from the light source, a first optical element for collimating the laser beam emitted...
5966231 Method and apparatus for aligning multiple laser beams  
Compensation for beam separation of multiple laser beams of a laser printer simultaneously scanning a photoconductor drum is automatically made. The time for the lead beam to travel a predetermined...
5966161 Optical element and a scanning optical apparatus using the same  
An optical element and a scanning optical apparatus using the same capable of correcting for image plane re-positioning caused by internal distortion of the optical element, particularly,...
5963356 Scanning optical apparatus  
A scanning optical apparatus includes a light source portion, a deflector for deflecting a beam from the light source portion, a first optical element for converting the beam from the light source...
5963355 Optical scanning system with single element refractive/reflective Fθ l θ lens  
A scanning optical system includes a light deflector and a light emitter which emits a beam of light which scans a scanning surface along a main scanning direction. The beam of light emitted by the...
5963354 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...
5963353 Optical deflector and adjusting method thereof  
In an assembling method of an optical deflection apparatus in which a polygonal mirror is fixed on an outer ring of a radial bearing and an optical scanning is conducted by a rotation of an inner...
5962838 Barcode scanner with manually switchable scan patterns  
A scanner with multiple modes of operation producing two or more distinct scan patterns, with each scan pattern optimized for different modes of operation with a manually actuated switching...
5953147 Polygon mirror having high reflectance and uniform reflectance over range of incidence angles  
A laser imaging system comprising: a laser for producing a laser beam; and a moving mirror for repetitively reflecting the laser beam over a range of incidence angles to scan the laser beam in a...
5952649 Optical write apparatus with an operation for even charging of photosensitive element  
An optical write apparatus includes a light source unit, a first image-forming optic, a beam deflector, a transparent plate, a second image-forming optic, and a photosensitive body, the transparent...
5946126 Laser scanning optical system  
Disclosed is a laser scanning optical system wherein light emitted from a laser source is deflected by a polygonal mirror to a scanning target surface via an imaging optical system. The laser...
5946125 Reflective surface coating for a uniform intensity of a polarized beam of a rotating polygon mirror optical scanning system  
A three layer dielectric material coating of silicon dioxide/zinc selenide/silicon dioxide is deposited on the reflective surface of the facets of a rotating polygon mirror to provide a uniform...
5946124 Laser scanning unit having a noise reducing portion  
A laser scanning unit includes an emitting portion for emitting laser beams, a deflecting portion having a plurality of mirror surfaces at its side portions to deflect the laser beams upon a...
5943153 Lens holding apparatus and a light-beam scanning optical apparatus  
A scanning optical apparatus has a convex cylindrical lens and a concave cylindrical lens between a light source for emitting a light beam and a polygon mirror. The cylindrical lenses condense the...
5933267 Rotary polygon mirror type light deflector  
In a rotary polygon mirror type light deflector 1, since a ring-shaped polygon mirror 8 is mounted on the periphery of a bearing rotor 3, there exists a clearance between the bearing rotor 3 and...
5933266 Synchronization signal generating circuit for an optical scanning device  
An optical scanning device is comprised of a light source unit, a rotating polygon mirror, an fθ lens, a photosensitive drum, a synchronization signal generating circuit 10, etc. Synchronization...
5933230 Surface inspection tool  
A laser based inspection tool (LIT) for inspecting planar surfaces is described. In a preferred embodiment the LIT can simultaneously inspect both planar surfaces of disks for use in disk drives....
5933182 Single pass color printer with facet matching  
Color banding resulting from facet-to-facet jitter in a color imaging device having a plurality of multifaceted polygons is reduced by matching the facets of the various polygons such that the...
5930020 Beam scan device  
In a beam scan device, the distances between a plurality of beams in the scanning plane are decreased as the beams approach the reflecting surface of the rotary polygon mirror, and the distance...
5930019 Light scanning device, optical device, and scanning method of optical device  
A light scanning device deflects a plurality of light beams by a deflecting means performs divided scanning on a single scanning line on a photoconductor with the plurality of deflected light...
5923466 Light modulated confocal optical instruments and method  
The confocal imaging system and method involve the imaging of a specimen under observation by projecting a light pattern of illumination spots simultaneously on the specimen. This is accomplished...
5920361 Methods and apparatus for image projection  
Method and apparatus for a multi-application, laser-array-based image system utilizes three linear laser arrays. Each linear array generates multiple (N>1) parallel output beamlets at one of the...
5917640 Rotatable polygonal mirror unit having adjustable mirrors  
An apparatus (5) for measuring the dimensions of an object (1) where a measuring carriage (6) moves the object at a distance thereabove. A polygonal mirror unit (32) receives laser light (16) and...
5914800 Optical scanning system  
A predetermined relationship has been found between a number of beams and a ratio a between magnifications in an sub scanning direction. During scanning with a small number of beams, the allowable...
5910853 Rotary polygon mirror optical scanning device  
A rotary polygon mirror optical scanning device comprises a fixed shaft and a rotor having a shaft hole, to which the fixed shaft is inserted, and is rotatably supported against an outer perimeter...
5909300 Scanning apparatus having a cascade scanning optical system  
Disclosed is a scanning apparatus having a cascade scanning optical system. The scanning apparatus includes: a first laser scanning optical system for deflecting a first scanning laser beam to scan...
5907424 Rotating mirrors  
Rotating mirrors and methods for producing rotating mirrors with reduced variation in centrifugal distortion are disclosed. Pins (52) having a density different from that of the remainder of the...
5907423 Scanning optical delay device having a helicoid reflecting mirror  
A rapid and linear scanning optical delay line was attained by the use of a helicoid reflecting mirror which was spun by a DC servo motor for bringing about a periodic change in the optical path...
5903379 Scanning optical system  
A scanning optical comprises a light source, a rotating mirror for deflecting and scanning a light beam emitted form the light source, a scanning lens for converging the light beam deflected by the...
5903378 Scanning apparatus having a cascade scanning optical system  
Disclosed is a scanning apparatus having a cascade scanning optical system. The scanning apparatus includes: a first laser scanning optical system for deflecting a first scanning laser beam to scan...
5903377 Scanning apparatus having a cascade scanning optical system  
Disclosed is a scanning apparatus having a cascade scanning optical system. The scanning apparatus includes: a first scanning optical system for deflecting a first scanning laser beam to scan a...
5901000 Sound reduced rotatable polygon assembly  
Mirror (1) of a laser printhead has an octagonal outer configuration. During normal use the mirror is rotated at high speed, which drives ambient air which causes noise. To control the noise a...
5900964 Laser scanning device  
A scanning optical system for scanning an object surface includes a light emitting device for emitting a beam of light and a deflection mirror rotatable to deflect the beam emitted by the light...
5900961 Scanning optical device  
Scanning optical device is provided with a light source unit, a deflector for deflecting light beam from the light source, a deflector driving circuit for driving the deflector and an optical...
5898514 Beam scanning system  
An optical beam scanner is provided in which light emitted from a light source and transmitted through a slit formed in a diaphragm plate is made incident upon a polygonal mirror through a...
5896218 Scanning optical systems  
A scanning optical system includes a light source for emitting a beam of light and a first optical system that changes a cross-sectional shape of the beam into an oblong shape along a main scanning...
5892611 Laser drawing apparatus  
A laser drawing apparatus is provided that splits a laser light into a plurality of drawing beams aligned in a common plane. The aligned drawing beams are reflected and deflected through a...
5889606 Scanning optical apparatus  
A scanning optical apparatus includes a light source unit, a deflector for deflectively scanning a light beam from the light source unit, an optical box in which the deflector is accommodated and...
5886806 Scanning optical delay device having a helicoid reflecting mirror  
A rapid and linear scanning optical delay line was attained by the use of a helicoid reflecting mirror which was spun by a DC servo motor for bringing about a periodic change in the optical path...