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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2007
Yasukuni Omata, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Mochimaru, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasukuni Omata, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideaki Mochimaru, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a plurality of photoconductive elements arranged on an inclined plane with respect to the ground, a plurality of developing devices, each of the plurality of developing devices corresponding to one of the plurality of photoconductive elements and configured to develop an image on a corresponding one of the plurality of photoconductive elements and a plurality of mirrors and a polygon mirror disposed inside a single housing and configured to reflect light beams to the plurality of photoconductive elements, the housing being arranged parallel to the inclining plane and below the plurality of photoconductive elements.