US4699497A
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Illumination lamp assembly for a document scan system
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1986-05-21
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Granted: 1987-10-13
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Expires: 2006-05-21
Abstract
Abstract An illumination lamp assembly is provided for scan/illuminating a document during a document scan mode. The assembly includes an elongated lamp partially enclosed by a pair of elliptical reflectors. The lamp ends are centered at the focal point of the two reflectors and the lamp is releaseably secured between fixed end blocks and a retaining bias means arrangement which centers lamp at the reflector focal point and permits adjustment-free removal and replacement. Vibrational strobing of the lamp is decreased by providing at least one elastomeric O-ring around the lamp circumference to increase the lamp stiffness and raise the natural frequency of the lamp into a range where the resonant effects of the strobing are reduced.
Inventors
- 👤 John H. Hinton
- 👤 Keith A. Nau
- 👤 Roger W. Budnik
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 23:03
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/04; G03G15/04036; G03B; G03B27/00; G03B27/32; G03B27/52; G03B27/54; G03B27/542
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
62 words
A lamp assembly comprising, in combination: an elongated lamp, a pair of elliptical reflectors partially enclosing said lamp and joined to each other along a common interface, and at least one flexible member encircling the lamp envelope along at least one point of its circumference, said flexible member being secured at said interface and held in biased contact with said lamp envelope.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
62 words
A lamp assembly comprising, in combination: an elongated lamp, a pair of elliptical reflectors partially enclosing said lamp and joined to each other along a common interface, and at least one flexible member encircling the lamp envelope along at least one point of its circumference, said flexible member being secured at said interface and held in biased contact with said lamp envelope.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The lamp assembly of claim 1 wherein said flexible member is an elastomeric O-ring.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
112 words
In an electrophotographic document reproduction system wherein a document on an object plane is scan/illuminated by a scanning optical system to project an image of the document onto a photosensitive recording member, a document illumination assembly compensated for strobing effects at the recording member caused by mechanical vibrations during scan, the illumination assembly comprising, in combination: an elongated lamp, a pair of elliptical reflectors partially enclosing said lamp and joined to each other along a common interface, and at least one flexible member encircling the lamp envelope along at least one point of its circumference, said flexible member being secured at said interface and held in biased contact with said lamp envelope.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
112 words
In an electrophotographic document reproduction system wherein a document on an object plane is scan/illuminated by a scanning optical system to project an image of the document onto a photosensitive recording member, a document illumination assembly compensated for strobing effects at the recording member caused by mechanical vibrations during scan, the illumination assembly comprising, in combination: an elongated lamp, a pair of elliptical reflectors partially enclosing said lamp and joined to each other along a common interface, and at least one flexible member encircling the lamp envelope along at least one point of its circumference, said flexible member being secured at said interface and held in biased contact with said lamp envelope.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
126 words
In an electrophotographic document reproduction system wherein a document on an object plane is scan/illuminated by a scanning optical system to project an image of the document onto a photosensitive recording member, a document illumination assembly compensated for strobing effects at the recording member caused by mechanical vibrations during scan, the illumination assembly comprising, in combination: an elongated lamp, a pair of elliptical reflectors partially enclosing said lamp and joined to each other along a common interface, and a means for increasing the natural frequency of the lamp, said means consisting of at least one flexible member encircling the lamp envelope along at least one point of its circumference, saif flexible member being secured at said interface and held in biased contact with said lamp envelope.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
126 words
In an electrophotographic document reproduction system wherein a document on an object plane is scan/illuminated by a scanning optical system to project an image of the document onto a photosensitive recording member, a document illumination assembly compensated for strobing effects at the recording member caused by mechanical vibrations during scan, the illumination assembly comprising, in combination: an elongated lamp, a pair of elliptical reflectors partially enclosing said lamp and joined to each other along a common interface, and a means for increasing the natural frequency of the lamp, said means consisting of at least one flexible member encircling the lamp envelope along at least one point of its circumference, saif flexible member being secured at said interface and held in biased contact with said lamp envelope.
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