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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Tomioka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/14 (2006.01); B41J 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/036 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/036 (2013.01); H04N 1/00519 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical scanner includes a housing, a polygon mirror accommodated within the housing and configured to reflect light of a light source, a lens accommodated within the housing and arranged on an optical path of the light reflected by the polygon mirror, and a cover member. The cover member is mounted to the housing and is provided with an opening formed so as to expose at least a portion of the lens. The opening is closed by a seal member which is attached to a portion of the lens exposed from the opening and an outer wall surface of the cover member existing around the opening.