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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2011
Kazumi Kimura, Toda, JP;
Kazumi Kimura, Toda, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
An adjustment apparatus for a light source unit installed on an optical scanning apparatus including a deflector, the light source unit including a laser light source and a condensing optical element, and leading the condensed light beam to the deflector, the adjustment apparatus including: a dividing element for dividing the light beam into a plurality of light beams in at least one of a main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction; an imaging optical element for imaging the plurality of light beams on a light receiving element; and an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a relative position ΔX between the condensing optical element and the laser light source in a direction of an optical axis of the condensing optical element, and relative positions ΔY and ΔZ between the condensing optical element and the laser light source in directions orthogonal to the optical axis of the condensing optical element.