Claims
- 1. An illumination system for illuminating a scan strip on an object surface, including:
- a linear light source disposed adjacent to and on one side of said scan strip said light source having an aperture defined through a portion thereof,
- a reflector located on the opposite side of said scan strip with its reflective surface facing said light source aperture,
- said light source providing two components of light to said scan strip, one component being directly transmitted through said aperture to said scan strip and the second component being reflected from said reflector to said scan strip,
- said reflector comprising a plurality of plane mirror facets, each facet having an individual surface length and disposed at an individual angle to a plane normal to said object surface such that the entire aperture of said illumination source is visible at said scan strip.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 54,357, filed July 2, 1979, and now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (18)
Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Maddox et al., Copier Illumination System, IBM Tech. Disc. Bull., #20, Jul. 1977, pp. 488-489. |
Continuations (1)
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54357 |
Jul 1979 |
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