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Light scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus

US9517638B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateJan 6, 2016
Grant dateDec 13, 2016
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Expiry dateJan 6, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G21/1666
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A light scanning apparatus, including: an optical box configured to hold a deflector and an optical member; and a cover, the optical box including: a concave-shaped cut-away portion formed from a top portion of a side wall toward a bottom portion; and a connecting wall which stands from the bottom portion of the optical box and is bent and branched from the cut-away portion to an inside of the optical box so as to cross over the cut-away portion, the cover including a dustproof member sandwiched between the cover and the side wall and between the cover and the connecting wall which a cable passes, wherein a height of a distal end of the connecting wall, which the cable passes, from the bottom portion is larger than a height of a base portion of the cut-away portion from the bottom portion.

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