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Image recording apparatus with a laser optical unit

US5212501A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1992
Grant dateMay 18, 1993
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B26/124
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image recording apparatus wherein a laser diode which is disposed on a focal point of a micro Fresnel lens emits a laser beam and the laser beam is collimated by the Fresnel lens and scanned on a photosensitive drum by a polygonal mirror and an f.theta. optical system. A change in temperature of the laser diode does not result in such serious defocus as to cause practical problems.

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