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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Jun Nagatoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Ohta, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/12 (2006.01); B41J 2/435 (2006.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/06 (2006.01); H04N 1/113 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); B41J 2/47 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/12 (2013.01); B41J 2/471 (2013.01); G02B 7/00 (2013.01); G02B 26/12 (2013.01); G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); G06K 7/10613 (2013.01); G06K 7/10623 (2013.01); H04N 1/06 (2013.01); H04N 1/113 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical scanning apparatus includes an optical box having a top surface that is constituted by a single lid. A first surface of the top surface is disposed closer to a rotary polygon mirror than a second surface and is disposed closer to a bottom surface of the optical box than an edge portion of a light deflector positioned farthest from the bottom surface. A third surface of a convex portion of the top surface is positioned farther from the bottom surface than the first surface. A lower edge portion of the convex portion is disposed outside a circumscribed circle of the rotary polygon mirror.