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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2008
Yoshinobu Sakaue, Machida, JP;
Noboru Kusunose, Yokohama, JP;
Hideto Higaki, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical writing device that writes electrostatic latent images on an image carrier by irradiating and scanning the image carrier with an optical beam includes an optical element, a support housing configured to support members constituting the optical writing device, a pair of optical-element holding members opposing each other in a principal scanning direction and arranged in the support housing, and a displacing member configured to displace at least one of the pair of optical-element holding members relatively to the support housing on a plane perpendicular to the principal scanning direction. The optical-element holding member is made of a material having a coefficient of linear expansion smaller than that of the support housing.