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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masaki Kuribayashi, Inagi, JP;
Yuichi Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Senoo, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Ueno, Ebina, JP;
Seiji Mashimo, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Tsuzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/385 ; G01D 1/506 ; G03G 1/501 ; G03G 1/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/385 ; G01D 1/506 ; G03G 1/501 ; G03G 1/304 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an exposure device includes a single-chip light emission element array formed by integrating a plurality of light emitting elements in a single chip which exposure device executes the exposure in the main scanning direction relative to the movement of the photosensitive member, by the light emission from the single-chip light emission element array, and a developing device provided around the photosensitive member.