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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2021
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Shingo Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an optical deflector, a polygon mirror and a drive motor are covered by a cover body including a first cover portion and a second cover portion. The first cover portion includes a top wall disposed above the polygon mirror, and a peripheral wall formed having a cylindrical shape extending downward from an outer peripheral end edge of the top wall and having a first opening opened by facing the deflection surface of the polygon mirror. The peripheral wall has an upper-end edge-defining portion and a lower-end edge-defining portion defining an opening end edge of the first opening, and the top wall has, on an inner surface side of a specific portion connected to the upper-end edge-defining portion, a first slope portion inclined downward toward the upper-end edge-defining portion.