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US 6,855,923 B2Granted
Scanning a beam of light in a digital image recorder
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsJohn D. Boardman, Mervin L. Gangstead
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus for scanning a beam of light in a digital image recorder includes a curved writing surface translating in at least one direction relative to a stationary frame, a rotatable shaft having a first reflective surface not translating in the at least one direction relative to the stationary frame, and a light source emitting a beam of light directed to the reflective surface for reflection to the curved writing surface.
Claims8
Apparatus for scanning a beam of light in a digital image recorder, comprising:
- a translation stage;
- a translational cylinder slidably coupled to the translation stage and having an interior surface comprising a curved writing platen;
- a rotatable shaft having a first reflective surface, the translational cylinder translating in at least one direction relative to the first reflective surface, the translation stage causing the translation of the translational cylinder;
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- a light source emitting a beam of light directed to the reflective surface for reflection therefrom to the curved writing platen.
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