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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2012
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhisa Kondoh, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/385 (2006.01); B41J 2/41 (2006.01); B41J 2/435 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical scanning device includes an air-tight casing, an air-tight container and a tube-like member. The air-tight casing is configured to accommodate at least a polygon mirror and a driving unit that rotates the polygon mirror. The air-tight container is disposed at a distance from the air-tight casing and outside an outer wall surface vertically above the air-tight casing. The tube-like member is configured to communicatively connect an inside of the air-tight casing and an inside of the air-tight container.