IP Library Granted Patent US 8,922,883
Granted Patent B2
US 8,922,883 · App. 13/669,079 · Granted Dec 30, 2014

Magnification optical system

Inventors: Hibiki Tatsuno (Kawasaki, JP); Kiichiro Nishina (Yokohama, JP); Yasuyuki Shibayama (Ebina, JP); Takanobu Osaka (Yokohama, JP); Makoto Hirakawa (Hiratsuka, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,922,883
App. No.
13/669,079
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.

Claims (30)

1. A magnification optical system to form an enlarged image of an object, comprising:

a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and

a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in the following order from an object side:

a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side; and

a second focus structure configured to move lens groups including the lens groups moved by the first focus structure along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.

2. The magnification optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the second focus structure is a protrusion mechanism to move an entirety of the refractive optical system along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side.

3. The magnification optical system according to claim 2 , wherein the protrusion mechanism is comprised of a lens barrel to hold the refractive optical system and a screw mechanism, and the protrusion mechanism protrudes by a rotation of the screw mechanism.

4. A magnification optical system to form an enlarged image of an object, comprising:

a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and

a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in the following order from an object side:

a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side; and

a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure,

wherein the second focus structure is a front focus mechanism to move, by different amounts from those of the first focus structure, one of the lens groups of the refractive optical system including a lens as farthest from a conjugate surface on a reduction side along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the reduction side.

5. The magnification optical system according to claim 1 , wherein the second focus structure is fixed during operation of the first focus structure.

6. The magnification optical system according to claim 1 , further comprising a reflecting mirror between the refractive optical system and the mirror train to bend an optical path, held in a structure which is able to adjust a set position of the reflecting mirror.

7. The magnification optical system according to claim 6 , wherein the structure is comprised of a holder for the reflecting mirror and one or more intervenient elements provided between the holder and the reflecting mirror.

8. The magnification optical system according to claim 6 , wherein the curved mirror of the mirror train is a concave mirror to form a real image on the conjugate surface on the object side as an intermediate image on an optical path between the refractive optical system and the mirror train.

9. The magnification optical system according to claim 7 , wherein the curved mirror of the mirror train is a concave mirror to form a real image on the conjugate surface on the object side as an intermediate image on an optical path between the refractive optical system and the mirror train.

10. The magnification optical system according to claim 4 , wherein the second focus structure is fixed during operation of the first focus structure.

11. The magnification optical system according to claim 4 , further comprising a reflecting mirror between the refractive optical system and the mirror train to bend an optical path, held in a structure which is able to adjust a set position of the reflecting mirror.

12. The magnification optical system according to claim 11 , wherein the structure is comprised of a holder for the reflecting mirror and one or more intervenient elements provided between the holder and the reflecting mirror.

13. The magnification optical system according to claim 11 , wherein the curved mirror of the mirror train is a concave mirror to form a real image on the conjugate surface on the object side as an intermediate image on an optical path between the refractive optical system and the mirror train.

14. The magnification optical system according to claim 12 , wherein the curved mirror of the mirror train is a concave mirror to form a real image on the conjugate surface on the object side as an intermediate image on an optical path between the refractive optical system and the mirror train.

15. A magnification optical system to form an enlarged image of an object, comprising:

a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and

a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in the following order from an object side:

a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side; and

a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure,

wherein the second focus structure is a protrusion mechanism to move an entirety of the refractive optical system along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side, and

wherein the protrusion mechanism includes a lens barrel to hold the refractive optical system and a screw mechanism, and the protrusion mechanism protrudes by a rotation of the screw mechanism.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2012
From: TATSUNO, HIBIKI; NISHINA, KIICHIRO; SHIBAYAMA, YASUYUKI; OSAKA, TAKANOBU; HIRAKAWA, MAKOTO
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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