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Optical recording and reproducing apparatus

CA 2014163 C · Owner: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · Inventors: Tadokoro, Michihiro

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An optical recording and reproducing apparatus for optically recording and reproducing information on and from a disk comprises: a light source for generating a parallel beam; a movable optical system adapted to condense the parallel beam from the light source on the disk, to split the beam reflected by the disk into a first and a second beam to, spatially invert the second beam, and to move in the radial direction of the disk; a first split-beam detecting device having two light receiving surfaces which respectively receive the first beam; a second split-beam detecting device having two light receiving surfaces which respectively receive the second beam inverted in the movable optical …

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  • Filed April 9, 1990 and granted July 26, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 9, 2010.
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FiledApril 9, 1990
GrantedJuly 26, 1994
Term endedApril 9, 2010
Patent numberCA 2014163 C
Classification (IPC)G11B7/00 +1 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 9, 1990Patent grantedJuly 26, 1994Term endedApril 9, 2010

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