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Sheet feed mechanism and method of controlling the same in light beam scanning apparatus

US4780767A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 17, 1986
Grant dateOct 25, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/121
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A sheet feed mechanism in a light scanning apparatus includes two pairs of rollers for gripping and feeding a sheet-like medium such as a stimulable phosphor sheet or a photographic film in a subscanning direction. The two pairs of rollers are spaced a distance smaller than the length of the sheet-like medium in the subscanning direction. While the sheet-like medium is being fed by the sheet feed mechanism in the subscanning direction, the sheet-like medium is scanned by a light beam deflected in a main scanning direction substantially normal to the subscanning direction, for thereby two-dimensionally scanning the sheet-like medium.

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