Patent ID: 6654044
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B41J,G02B

Abstract:
A scanning beam generating unit comprising:a base frame defining an output window operative to bottom support the scanning beam generating unit with respect to a fixed base, said base frame and including a bottom having an inner surface; an attachment member extending from the inner surface of said bottom and mounting a basement member defining a support having an inner surface opposed to and spaced from said inner surface of the base frame bottom thereby providing a space between the inner surface of the basement member and the inner surface of the base frame bottom; a motor drive having a drive shaft and being suspendedly disposed in the space between the inner surface of the basement member and the invention surface of the base frame bottom; a scanning mechanism attached to the drive shaft of the motor drive so as to cause a beam, emitted from a light source, to scan; and an optical component mounted on the bottom of the base frame and being operative to direct the beam from the scanning mechanism to the output window.