Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical scanner and image forming apparatus including the same
- Patent Title (中): 光学扫描仪及其成像设备
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Application No.: US12332918Application Date: 2008-12-11
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Publication No.: US08189251B2Publication Date: 2012-05-29
- Inventor: Susumu Narita
- Applicant: Susumu Narita
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Dickstein Shapiro LLP
- Priority: JP2007-336477 20071227
- Main IPC: G02B26/08
- IPC: G02B26/08 ; G02B26/10 ; G02B26/12

Abstract:
An optical scanner provided with at least one optical path through which an optical beam emitted from a light source is directed onto a surface of an object for forming an image thereon includes a deflector configured to deflect the optical beam and a curvature adjustment unit. The curvature adjustment unit includes a reflecting mirror configured to reflect the optical beam in a predetermined direction, a holder unit configured to hold the reflecting mirror and including at least one supporter that engages the reflecting mirror, a pressure unit configured to flexibly deform the reflecting mirror in a normal direction relative to a reflecting surface of the reflecting mirror, and a fixing member fixed to at least a portion of the reflecting mirror, configured to fix a position of the holder unit relative to the reflecting mirror in a main scanning direction by contacting at least a portion of the holder unit including the supporter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090168133A1 OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2009-07-02
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