US4812913A
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Diaphragm arrangement for opto-electronic scanning of originals
Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
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Filing: 1988-01-22
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Granted: 1989-03-14
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Expires: 2008-01-22
Abstract
Abstract Diaphragm arrangement for point-by-point electro-optical scanning of originals, whereby the scan point is composed of a central main field and of a surrounding field surrounding the main field. A diaphragm for scanning the main field and a second diaphragm for scanning the surrounding field are provided, whereby the sizes of the diaphragm apertures of the two diaphragms are continuously adjustable independently of one another, whereby the diaphragm apertures of the first diaphragm define the size of the main field and, thus, the scanning fineness and the inside diameter of the surrounding field, and the diaphragm aperture of the second diaphragm defines the size of the surrounding field, and whereby the size relationship between main field and surrounding field is continuously adjustable on the basis of the independent and continuous adjustment of the two diaphragm apertures.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans-Georg Knop
- 👤 Jorg Schulz-Hennig
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 18:22
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/024; H04N1/028; H04N1/029; G; G02; G02B; G02B5/00; G02B5/005
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
203 words
A diaphragm arrangement for point-by-point, opto-electronic scanning of originals, whereby the scan point is composed of a central main field and of a surrounding field surrounding the main field, comprising a first diaphragm for scanning the main field, this first diaphragm being arranged within a scanning light beam reflected by the original or allowed to pass by the original and comprising a mirroring in the region around the diaphragm aperture at that side facing toward the scanning light beam, this mirroring reflecting a part of the scanning light beam, and comprising a second diaphragm for scanning the surrounding field, this second diaphragm being arranged within the part of the scanning light beam reflected by the first diaphragm, characterized in that the size of the diaphragm apertures of the two diaphragms are continuously adjustable independently of one another, whereby the diaphragm aperture of the first diaphragm defines the size of the main field and, thus, the scanning fineness and defines the inside diameter of the surrounding field, and the diaphragm aperture of the second diaphragm defines the size of the surrounding field, and whereby the size relationship between main field and surrounding field is continuously adjustable by independent adjustment of the two diaphragm apertures.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
203 words
A diaphragm arrangement for point-by-point, opto-electronic scanning of originals, whereby the scan point is composed of a central main field and of a surrounding field surrounding the main field, comprising a first diaphragm for scanning the main field, this first diaphragm being arranged within a scanning light beam reflected by the original or allowed to pass by the original and comprising a mirroring in the region around the diaphragm aperture at that side facing toward the scanning light beam, this mirroring reflecting a part of the scanning light beam, and comprising a second diaphragm for scanning the surrounding field, this second diaphragm being arranged within the part of the scanning light beam reflected by the first diaphragm, characterized in that the size of the diaphragm apertures of the two diaphragms are continuously adjustable independently of one another, whereby the diaphragm aperture of the first diaphragm defines the size of the main field and, thus, the scanning fineness and defines the inside diameter of the surrounding field, and the diaphragm aperture of the second diaphragm defines the size of the surrounding field, and whereby the size relationship between main field and surrounding field is continuously adjustable by independent adjustment of the two diaphragm apertures.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that each of the diaphragms are composed of two mirrored diaphragm elements that comprise symmetrical recesses of the mirroring and that are arranged such that the recesses supplement one another to form the diaphragm aperture.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claim 2, characterized in that the adjustment of the diaphragm aperture ensues by symmetrical displacement of the diaphragm elements.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
98 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claims 1 or 2 or 3, characterized in that each of the diaphragms is composed of two plates of glass or the like lying on one another, each of these plates comprising a mirrored surface; in that these plates have their mirrored surface lying on top of one another; and in that symmetrical, non-mirrored areas are recessed within the mirroring, being recessed such that, given plane-parallel displacement of the two plates along at least one of the symmetry axes of the non-mirrored surfaces, continuously variable diaphragm apertures are produced by these non-mirrored surfaces.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claims 1 or 2 or 3, characterized in that the mirroring of the diaphragm elements is a metallic vapor-deposition.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the glass plates are optically polished.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claim 4, characterized in that the non-mirrored parts of the glass plates are anti-reflection coated.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claims 1 or 2 or 3, characterized in that, for symmetrical displacement of the diaphragm elements, a relative motion in the form of an oppositely directed translational motion is generated such that the center point of the diaphragm aperture is preserved.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
49 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claims 1 or 2 or 3, characterized in that additional diaphragms whose apertures are respectively matched to the aperture of the ray beam at the location of the auxiliary diaphragm are arranged preceding or following the adjustable diaphragms for the suppression of stray light.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
39 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claim 9, characterized in that the additional diaphragms are composed of matte black lamellae that are rigidly connected to the diaphragm elements; and in that these lamellae are displaceable together with the diaphragm elements.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
28 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claims 1 or 2 or 3, characterized in that the diaphragm apertures are symmetrical quadrilaterals, lozenges, squares or rectangles having arbitrary edge ratio.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
A diaphragm arrangement according to claim 1, characterized in that the second diaphragm is an iris diaphragm.
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