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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Applicant:
Yoshihiro Inagaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Inagaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/14 (2006.01); B41J 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus wherein a photosensitive drum is located such that its circumferential surface is exposed to light at a position between an image surface of light that is emitted from an LED at a distance of a half of a pitch of a plurality of rod lenses from a first rod lens of the plurality of rod lenses and that passes through the first rod lens and an image surface of light that is emitted from an LED at a distance of the pitch of the plurality of rod lenses from a second rod lens of the plurality of rod lenses and that passes through the second rod lens.