An illuminating device comprising a light source for emitting a plurality of
light
beams (207, 208, 209) of different colors, a plurality of rotating beam
scanners (102, 103, 104) and a plurality of scanning lenses (109, 110,
111). The beam scanners have spiral reflection surfaces (102, 103, 204)
formed on the outer peripheries of cylindrical bodies, Each colored light beam
is shone onto each reflection surface from a direction parallel to a rotating axis,
and magnified by each scanning lens after reflected to scan an illuminated area
with a plurality of beams of different colors one after another. Accordingly, the
illuminating device can enhance scanning linearity, reduce noise due to a minimal
windage loss, and decrease costs and power consumption.