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Internal drum plotter with multiple focal point holographic optical element
Assignee: Kodak IL Ltd
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Filing: 1993-08-17
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Granted: 1996-03-05
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Expires: 2013-08-17
Abstract
Abstract An internal drum plotter in which a multiple focal point holographic element receives respective modulated light beams, one for each focal point, to focus the light beams on a light sensitive medium on the internal surface of the drum. The holographic element is rotated to trace the modulated light beams in separate, respective lines on the light sensitive medium.
Inventors
- 👤 Ilan Ben-David
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 20:12
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41B; B41B19/00; B41B21/00; B41B21/16; G; G02; G02B; G02B5/00; G02B5/32
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
An internal drum plotter comprising: a drum having an internal surface for an internal light sensitive medium; at least one light source for providing a plurality of modulated light beams; a multiple focal point optical element having a plurality of focal points one for each light beam, said multiple focal point optical element being positioned within said drum for focussing said plurality of light beams each onto its corresponding one of said plurality of facal points located on said light sensitive medium; and a motion assembly which moves said multiple faocal point optical element, thereby to affect simultaneous plotting of said plurality of modulated light beams in respective discrete lines on said light sensitive medium axially spaced from one another.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
An internal drum plotter comprising: a drum having an internal surface for an internal light sensitive medium; at least one light source for providing a plurality of modulated light beams; a multiple focal point optical element having a plurality of focal points one for each light beam, said multiple focal point optical element being positioned within said drum for focussing said plurality of light beams each onto its corresponding one of said plurality of facal points located on said light sensitive medium; and a motion assembly which moves said multiple faocal point optical element, thereby to affect simultaneous plotting of said plurality of modulated light beams in respective discrete lines on said light sensitive medium axially spaced from one another.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
A scanning device according to claim 1 and wherein said focal points are off-axis to a rotation axis of said multiple focal point optical element.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
A scanning device according to claim 1 wherein a first one of said light beams impinges upon a first area of said multiple focal point optical element and wherein a second one of said light beams is parallel with said first one of said light beams and impinges on a second area of said multiple focal point optical element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
A scanning device according to claim 3 and wherein said first area is circular and said second area is annular and concentric with said first area.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
A scanning device according to claim 1 wherein a first one of said light beams impinges upon a first area of said multiple focal point optical element and wherein a second one of said light beams is concentric with said first one of said light beams and impinges on a second area of said multiple focal point optical element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
A scanning device according to claim 1 and wherein said multiple focal point optical element is an holographic optical element.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A scanning device according to claim 1 and wherein said multiple focal point optical element is a diffractive optical element.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A scanning device according to claim 1 and wherein said motion assembly comprises a housing operative to absorb a portion of said light beams not focussed on said focal points.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
34 words
A scanning device according to claim 1 having a central axis and wherein a distance between projections of any two consecutive ones of said plurality of focal points on said central axis is fixed.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
An internal drum plotter according to claim 1, wherein said optical element is supported for rotation within said drum about an axis of rotation and said spaced lines produced by the optical element on said light sensitive medium are circular.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
An internal drum plotter according to claim 1, wherein adjacent ones of said lines are axially spaced by a constant distance.
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