Optical scanner and image forming apparatus
US7643191B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jan 5, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/473
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An optical scanner that performs scanning by deflecting plural light beams using a single deflector. The optical scanner includes plural pre-scanning optical systems configured to emit the plural light beams and each including a light source. A first of the pre-scanning optical systems emits a first of the light beams to be deflected by the deflecting unit. A second of the pre-scanning optical systems emits a second of the light beams and is disposed in the position different from a position of the first pre-scanning optical system in a rotational axis direction of the deflector.
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