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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2016
Image forming apparatus having a supporting frame supporting an exposure unit having a grounded wire
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yosuke Sugiyama, Gifu, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductive member and an exposure unit. The exposure unit has a supporting frame made of resin, a holding case attached to the supporting frame, a plurality of emitting elements and a lens array held by the holding case, and a grounded metal wire. The holding case is made of resin and elongated in a longitudinal direction. The photoconductive member is configured to be exposed to light emitted by the plurality of light emitting elements and converged by the lens array. The supporting flame holds the metal wire such that the metal wire extends in the longitudinal direction and faces the holding case.