Patent · US Expired

Scanning optical system having a fall-down correcting function

US4379612A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1980
Grant dateApr 12, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0031
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A scanning optical system provided with a light source portion, a first imaging optical system for linearly imaging the light beam emitted from the light source portion, a deflector having its deflecting-reflecting surface near the linear image formed by said first imaging optical system, a scanned medium scanned by the light beam deflected by the deflector, and a second imaging optical system disposed between the scanned medium and the deflector and comprising, in succession from the deflector side, a spherical single lens and a single lens having a toric surface.

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