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Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015

Filed:

May. 31, 2013
Applicant:

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshiyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/14 (2006.01); B41J 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/127 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical scanning device includes a light source, a scanning portion that includes plural reflection surfaces, makes light beams incident to the reflection surface such that optical axis directions of the light beams emitted from the light emitting parts are tilted with respect to a direction perpendicular to the reflection surface, and scans the light beams in the main scanning direction through rotation, an optical system that includes an optical member made of a resin, is disposed between the scanning portion and the surface to be scanned, and makes the plural light beams incident to the surface to be scanned such that optical axes of the plural light beams are parallel to each other, and a correction portion that is provided in the optical system, and corrects positional deviation of scanning lines of the light beams in the sub-scanning direction on the surface to be scanned.


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