Patent ID: 6400442
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: B41J,G02B,H04N

Abstract:
An optical system suitable for producing a uniform line of light upon a medium, the optical system comprising:a radiation source that projects light; a reflective collimating means in optical alignment with the radiation source adapted to create a substantially collimated beam of light reflected in at least one direction, wherein said reflective collimating means is an aspheric mirror curved in at least one direction adapted to reflect the beam of light impinging thereupon such that the divergence of the beam is minimized thus creating the substantially collimated beam; and a reflective optical component in optical alignment with the substantially collimated beam of light transmitted from the collimating means where the optical component is adapted to cause the substantially collimated beam to converge along only one axis of the substantially collimated beam, so as to project the uniform line of light on the medium.