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Image forming apparatus

US4914458A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 1988
Grant dateApr 3, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/04072
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus forms a recorded image of an original image on a recording sheet by an electrophotography method. An optical scanning unit emits a laser beam which scans a surface of a photosensitive drum. The image forming apparatus is provided with a light absorbing member for absorbing the laser beam which is reflected by the surface of the photosensitive drum so as to prevent a flare from being generated.

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