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Illumination system for a photographic copying apparatus

US4132478A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Filing dateJul 6, 1977
Grant dateJan 2, 1979
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Expiry dateJul 6, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B27/545
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light-diffuser for a photographic copier such as an enlarger incorporates a closely contacting parallel row of elongated glass rods held between a pair of tracks. The rods are preferably of heat-resistant glass of round cross section. An additional row of such rods may be disposed parallel to the first row and staggered therefrom to improve the diffusion of a beam of light passing through them.

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