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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
May. 24, 2013
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Yuki Tamura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/169 (2013.01); G03G 21/1633 (2013.01); G03G 21/1647 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an outer housing, a cover openeably/closably mounted at the outer housing, an optical scanning device including a light transmissive member configured to transmit laser light, a cleaning member configured to clean the light transmissive member, and an interlocking mechanism. The interlocking mechanism moves the cleaning member in conjunction with opening/closing of the cover.