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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Kazuo Fujibayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Hoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Ishibe, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A scanning optical apparatus includes a light source device, a first optical element for converting a beam emitted from the light source device to a converging light beam, a deflecting element for deflecting the beam emitted from the light source device, a second optical element for focusing the beam emerging from the first optical element in a linear shape longitudinal in a main scanning direction on a deflective face of the deflecting element, and a third optical element for focusing the beam deflected by the deflecting element in a spot shape on a scanned surface. The third optical element has a spherical lens and a toric lens in order from the side of the deflecting element, surfaces of the spherical lens comprise a meniscus shape of positive refracting power with a concave surface faced toward the deflecting element, and the toric lens has two lens surfaces formed in aspherical shapes in a main scanning section and comprising a meniscus shape of positive refracting power with a convex surface faced toward the deflecting element in the vicinity of a center of scan.