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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2003
Ayumu Oda, Nara, JP;
Kyosuke Taka, Nara, JP;
Takaharu Motoyama, Kashihara, JP;
Nobuo Manabe, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Ayumu Oda, Nara, JP;
Kyosuke Taka, Nara, JP;
Takaharu Motoyama, Kashihara, JP;
Nobuo Manabe, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides an optical writing device to be supported at a predetermined position in an image forming apparatus, as well as an image forming apparatus provided with the optical writing device. The optical writing device has a support unit supporting an optical writing head. The support unit includes a first block and a second block supporting one end and the other end of the LED writing head, respectively, and a connecting member interconnecting the first block and the second block while maintaining a positional relationship between the first block and the second block. The connecting member of the support unit is made most easily deformable among the parts constituting the optical writing device.