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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1996
Satoshi Fukada, Ebina, JP;
Nobuo Hyakutake, Ebina, JP;
Kenji Tomizawa, Ebina, JP;
Junichirou Sameshima, Ebina, JP;
Mikio Kobayashi, Ebina, JP;
Norio Hokari, Ebina, JP;
Yukio Hayashi, Ebina, JP;
Shuji Iseki, Ebina, JP;
Ryoichi Tsuruoka, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an optical detecting device, used for an image forming apparatus, for detecting an object to be detected, such as a paper, by an optical means including a light emitting means 20c, a photo sensing means 20d, a reflecting means 20b, and the like, there is provided at least one of a paper detecting devices in which conductive attracting means connected to a predetermined potential is disposed close to the optical means, the optical means is attached to a periodical replacing component of the image forming apparatus, a reflecting means 20b and a paper transporting path are oriented in different directions with respect to a photo sensing means 20d and a distance from the light emitting means 20c and the like to the reflecting means 20b is different from a distance from the light emitting means 20c and the like to the paper transporting path.