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Image formation method

US4284697A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 10, 1978
Grant dateAug 18, 1981
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Expiry dateApr 10, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/051
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In an image formation method of forming an image by modulating an ion flow or charged particles with the aid of a screen having a number of fine passage openings, at least one of the screen and an image reception member is of arcuate cross-section at the modulating position and an image is formed on the screen. One of the screen and the image reception member which is greater in radius is rotated or moved at a higher velocity than the other, thereby modulating the image onto the image reception member.

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