Image forming apparatus having a cleaning unit to clean an optical sensor unit
US9134683B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 24, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 24, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/6511
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive unit to form an visible image, a printing medium storage unit to store a printing medium, a pickup device to pick up the printing medium from the printing medium storage unit, a developing unit to develop the electrostatic latent image of the photosensitive unit into a visual image, an optical sensor to inspect the visual image, and a cleaning unit to clean a light window arranged at the optical sensor according to a control of the pickup device.
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