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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Hajime Moriwaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hajime Moriwaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
NEC ENGINEERING, LTD., Kawasaki-Shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 15/14 (2006.01); B41J 27/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/44 (2006.01); G03F 7/24 (2006.01); G03F 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/442 (2013.01); G03F 7/2053 (2013.01); G03F 7/24 (2013.01); G03F 7/70075 (2013.01);
Abstract
Image forming apparatusof the present invention is an apparatus for forming an image on a surface of recording medium P by applying laser light to recording medium P, the apparatus including a plurality of light sourceseach of which emits laser light, a plurality of optical fibersandthrough which laser light respectively emitted from light sourcespropagates, holderthat holds optical fibers, and fly-eye lens, cylindrical lens array, aperture array, lensa and lensb through which laser light emitted from end surfaces of optical fiberspasses, wherein each of aperturesof aperture arrayis rectangular.