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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Applicants:
Hideto Higaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Bannai, Kanagawa, JP;
Noboru Kusunose, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinobu Sakaue, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hideto Higaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Bannai, Kanagawa, JP;
Noboru Kusunose, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinobu Sakaue, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/44 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical writing device includes a dichroic mirror and a deflection beam splitter. The dichroic mirror causes a light beam to pass therethrough or reflect depending on the wavelengths of the light beam. The deflection beam splitter causes a light beam to pass therethrough or reflect depending on a direction from which the light beam is received.