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Optical scanner and image forming apparatus

US8102411B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 8, 2008
Grant dateJan 24, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 19, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J2/473
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An optical scanner includes a housing and an intermediate member that includes a first joining surface and a second joining surface. The first joining surface is attached to the housing and the second joining surface is attached to at least one optical element of any one of a first optical system and a second optical system. In a three-dimensional coordinate in which a first one of coordinate axes is a direction that is parallel to both the first joining surface and the second joining surface, a second range on the first coordinate axis corresponding to the second joining surface includes a center point of a first range on the first coordinate axis corresponding to the first joining surface.

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