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Copying apparatus and an optical assembly usable therewith

US4632536A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 9, 1984
Grant dateDec 30, 1986
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/041
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical assembly for forming an image of the original to be copied on a photosensitive member at a selected magnification, is detachably mounted in a copying apparatus. The optical assembly includes a number of small imaging elements which are arranged in a row or rows in the direction crossing the optical axes of the imaging elements. The copying apparatus is provided with a detector for detecting the imaging magnification of the optical assembly mounted in the copying apparatus. The optical assembly provided with a portion actable on the detector.

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