Inventors:
Lawrence D. Lorah - Concord MA
Richard W. Stresau - Somerville MA
Lawrence B. Lapson - Boston MA
Curtis P. VAN Vloten - Cambridge MA
Assignee:
Rapifax Corporation - Fairfield NJ
International Classification:
G02B 2500
Abstract:
An optical scanner wherein the image of a straight line is focused by an optical element such as a concave mirror or converging lens on the arc of a circle which is scanned by a rotating drum having one or more field stops such as pin holes or optical fibers directing light upon a stationary photodetector. The optical center of the focussing element is disposed in the plane of the scanning circle; and the axis of rotation of the drum orthogonally intersects the plane at a point displaced from the optical center.