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Light deflector

US4585297A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 7, 1983
Grant dateApr 29, 1986
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Expiry dateJul 7, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B26/122
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light deflector for use in a laser printer, for example, is composed of a motor having a drive shaft and a light reflecting member such as a rotating multiple-surface mirror or a hologram. The motor is subjected to magnetic field ripples the number of which is equal to a multiple by an integer of the number of light reflecting surfaces of the light reflecting member.

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