Invention Grant
US09333766B2 Optical scanner with housing to support light sources and image forming apparatus incorporating same
有权
具有用于支撑光源的壳体的光学扫描器和结合其的成像装置
- Patent Title: Optical scanner with housing to support light sources and image forming apparatus incorporating same
- Patent Title (中): 具有用于支撑光源的壳体的光学扫描器和结合其的成像装置
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Application No.: US14071036Application Date: 2013-11-04
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Publication No.: US09333766B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: Kazunori Watanabe , Keiichi Serizawa , Hiroshi Johno , Shuji Takamatsu
- Applicant: Kazunori Watanabe , Keiichi Serizawa , Hiroshi Johno , Shuji Takamatsu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2012-258686 20121127; JP2013-103151 20130515
- Main IPC: H04N1/028
- IPC: H04N1/028 ; H04N1/00 ; B41J2/47 ; G02B26/12
Abstract:
An optical scanner, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a light source including a recessed portion provided on an outer circumference thereof, and a housing configured to support the light source. The housing includes a positioning unit configured to position the light source in a vertical optical axis of the light source, and a cutout provided on an inner circumference of the positioning unit. The light source is positioned to the positioning unit with the recessed portion being disposed at the cutout and then is fixed to the housing. The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier configured to form an image on a surface thereof, and the above-described optical scanner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140146332A1 OPTICAL SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Public/Granted day:2014-05-29
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