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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2018
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Uetake, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiko Hotta, Shizuoka, JP;
Ichiro Sawamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomomi Ishimi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuroh Yokota, Shizuoka, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes: a laser emitting device configured to emit laser beams emitted from a plurality of laser light-emitting elements; an optical fiber array including a plurality of optical fibers provided corresponding to the laser light-emitting elements and configured to guide the laser beams emitted from the laser light-emitting elements to a recording object that relatively moves with respect to the laser emitting device, laser emitting portions of the respective optical fibers being arrayed in an array form in a predetermined direction; and an image recording unit configured to control the laser emitting device so as to irradiate the recording object which relatively moves with respect to the laser emitting device in a direction different from the predetermined direction, with laser beams via the optical fiber array, to heat the recording object and record an image.