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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2019
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihisa Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes first and second photoconductive drums, and a laser scanning unit including a plurality of optical elements configured to direct a first scanning beam to the first photoconductive drum from a first side of, and at a first incidence angle with respect to, a first line passing through a center of the first photoconductive drum and a second scanning beam to the second photoconductive drum from a second side of, and at a second incidence angle with respect to, a second line passing through a center of the second photoconductive drum. Magnitudes of the first and second incidence angles are substantially the same, and a second side of the first line and a first side of the second line are each between the first side of the first line and the second side of the second line.