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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Applicant:
Tetsuya Nagase, Abiko, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuya Nagase, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/14 (2006.01); B41J 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided a light beam scanning apparatus which deflects a light beam from a light source by using a deflector and scans the surface of a photosensitive member with a focused light beam. The light beam scanning apparatus includes a first electro-optical element placed on the optical axis of the light beam between the light source and the deflector. The first electro-optical element includes an electro-optical crystal and transparent electrodes respectively provided on surfaces of the electro-optical crystal which oppose each other in the optical axis direction.