Colored image reproduction device

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A COLORED IMAGE REPRODUCTION SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELECTRON FLOW DEVICE HAVING INDEPENDENT FLUORESCENT SCREEN PORTIONS EACH FOR EMITTING FLUORESCENT LIGHT OF ONE OF THREE PRIMARY COLORS, MEANS FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY SCANNING EACH OF SAID SCREEN PORTIONS WITH AN ELECTRON BEAM TO THEREBY DEVELOP FLUORESCENT LIGHT THEREFROM, A LIGHT CONDUCTING STRUCTURE FOR TRANSMITTING SAID FLUORESCENT LIGHT, SAID STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SIMILARLY SHAPED SINGLE PIECE LIGHT CONDUCTING ELEMENTS IN CONTIGUOUS RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, EACH SINGLE PIECE ELEMENT BEING FORMED OF A PLURALITY OF INPUT BRANCHES TERMINATING IN A SINGLE OUTPUT PORT, EACH OF THE INPUT BRANCHES OF A GIVEN SINGLE PIECE ELEMENT BEING POSITIONED FOR RECEIVING A DIFFERENT COLOR LIGHT FROM THE DIFFERENT SCREEN PORTIONS TO PROVIDE A SYNTHESIZED LIGHT OUTPUT AT EACH OUTPUT PORT, AND AN OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING A MECHANISM FOR VERTICALLY SCANNING THE LIGHT OUTPUT AT THE OUTPUT PORTS, SAID OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING MEANS BETWEEN SAID FLUORESCENT SCREEN PORTIONS AND SAID LIGHT CONDUCTINGH ELEMENTS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING DEFOCUSING OF THE REPRODUCED IMAGE.