Optical: systems and elements – Deflection using a moving element – Using a periodically moving element
Patent
1994-08-12
1996-04-09
Phan, James
Optical: systems and elements
Deflection using a moving element
Using a periodically moving element
359206, 359210, 359217, 359218, 347259, 347261, 250236, G02B 2608
Patent
active
055067190
ABSTRACT:
An optical scanning device for leading a laser beam emitted from a semiconductor laser diode through a collimator lens, an imaging lens, and a cylindrical lens to a plurality of reflecting surfaces of a rotatable polygon mirror, and scanning a surface to be scanned movable in a vertical scanning direction with the laser beam reflected on the reflecting surfaces of the polygon mirror and transmitted through a correcting lens. The optical centers of the semiconductor laser diode, the collimator lens, the cylindrical lens, a return mirror, and the correcting lens are located in a plane containing an axis of rotation of the polygon mirror. The semiconductor laser diode, the collimator lens, and the cylindrical lens are located over an upper surface of the polygon mirror. Accordingly, an optical system can be formed in symmetry with respect to a center axis of an optical path of a horizontal scanning light beam from the polygon mirror without interference of the semiconductor laser diode, etc. with the optical path of the horizontal scanning light beam. Thus, the size and weight of the optical scanning device can be reduced, and the optical characteristics and the productivity of the optical scanning device can be improved.
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Ikumi Tomonori
Murakami Kazunori
Kabushiki Kaisha TEC
Phan James
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