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US 7,141,776 B2Granted
Integrated ROS bar
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorJames W. Patterson
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Abstract
An integrated imaging bar assembly. The single-assembly scan and imaging head comprises two sub-assemblies, one having a raster input bar and the other a raster output bar including their respective lens array systems. Each sub-assembly has a heat sink attached to its respective bar and the sub-assemblies are conjoined at a heat shield that separates them from each other while forming a single integrated imaging bar assembly.
Claims17
An assembly comprising:
- a lens sub-assembly;
- a raster input sub-assembly;
- a raster output sub-assembly operationally associated with said raster input sub-assembly and said lens sub-assembly;
- a heat barrier between said raster input sub-assembly and said raster output sub-assembly;
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- a heat sink operationally associated with said heat barrier.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first imaging sub-assembly configured to convert light reflected from a document into digital signals representative of an image of the document, the first imaging sub-assembly including an input lens array, a raster input bar (RIB) and a heat sink attached to said RIB;
- a second imaging sub-assembly configured to convert the digital signals into light signals corresponding to an image of the document;
- an intervening member having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said first imaging sub-assembly is disposed over said first surface of said intervening member;
- and said second imaging sub-assembly is disposed over said second surface of said intervening member.
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An apparatus comprising;
- an input sub-assembly housing having an input top portion, an input bottom portion and an input surrounding enclosure;
- a first imaging bar positioned over said input bottom portion inside said input surrounding enclosure of said input sub-assembly housing;
- a first lens array system positioned over said first imaging bar and operationally associated therewith, said first lens array system being configured to fit inside said input top portion of said input sub-assembly housing;
- an intervening member having a first surface and a second surface, wherein said first surface is disposed in contact with said input bottom portion of said input sub-assembly housing;
- an output sub-assembly housing having an output top portion, an output bottom portion and an output surrounding enclosure wherein said output bottom portion of said output sub-assembly is disposed in contact with said second surface of said intervening member;
- a second imaging bar positioned over said output bottom portion inside said output surrounding enclosure of said output sub-assembly housing;
- a second lens array system positioned over said second imaging bar and operationally associated therewith, said second array system being configured to fit inside said output top portion of said output sub-assembly housing;
- wherein said first imaging sub-assembly and said second imaging sub-assembly together form an integrated imaging bar assembly in cooperation with and separated from each other through said intervening member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.