Scanning apparatus and support
CA 1297713 C · Owner: Giotto, Angelo A. · Inventors: Stark, Richard Alan; Giotto, Angelo A.
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A scanner including a source of coherent or substantially coherent radiation, a radial hologon a f.THETA. lens and a target. Between the light source and the hologon there are means for forming radiation from the source into a collimated beam having an oblong cross-sectional shape and for directing the beam onto the hologon at a predetermined incident angle and with the long axis of the oblong cross-sectional shape of the beam radial of the axis of rotation of the hologon. Two prisms are provided between the hologon and the lens means for so modifying the cross-sectional shape of the beam that the spot at the target station has a selected shape and orientation. The prisms are mounted in an …
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- Granted March 24, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 24, 2009.
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