mirror drum
noun
A scanning device, first used in early television transmitters and receivers, consisting of a rotating drum having its curved surface covered with a number of equally spaced plane mirrors, the number of mirrors determining the number of scanning lines in the picture.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Wireless World.
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