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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takuya Otsuka, Sunto Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/45 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/1666 (2013.01); B41J 2/45 (2013.01); G03G 15/04054 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0409 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, there is provided an exposure device including a print head that exposes photoreceptor to form a latent image on the photoreceptor, a lifting mechanism that lifts or lowers the print head relative to the photoreceptor, and a biasing member that biases the print head toward the photoreceptor. The lifting mechanism has a lifting holder that holds the print head and is liftable with respect to the photoreceptor. The biasing member is provided between the print head and the lifting holder.