Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shearing radiation beam for imaging printing media
- Patent Title (中): 用于成像打印介质的剪切辐射束
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Application No.: US12177898Application Date: 2008-07-23
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Publication No.: US07885012B2Publication Date: 2011-02-08
- Inventor: Meritt W. Reynolds
- Applicant: Meritt W. Reynolds
- Applicant Address: US NY Rochester
- Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Rochester
- Agent Nelson Adrian Blish
- Main IPC: G02B13/08
- IPC: G02B13/08

Abstract:
An illuminator (10) for producing a radiation spot (120) on a workpiece (110) comprises a laser light source (20) and a beam-shearing optical system (30). Fine structure (160) generated by an integrator (80) of laser light source (20) in integrated beams (90) as a result of path length differences among coherent light beams (70) from emitters (60) of lasers (40) is sheared by the inclusion of beam-shearing optical system (30) into illuminator (10). Beam-shearing optical system (30) allows illuminator (10) to produce a radiation spot (120) in which the fine structure (160) is spread so that scanning of radiation spot (120) does not produce the striations (140) in scanned patch (170) that are obtained with prior art illuminators.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100020376A1 SHEARING RADIATION BEAM FOR IMAGING PRINTING MEDIA Public/Granted day:2010-01-28
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