Exposure Head and Image Forming Device
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNozomu INOUE, Yujiro NOMURA
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Abstract
An exposure head includes an imaging optical system arranged in a first direction, and first and second light emitting elements disposed in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction that emit light beams to be imaged by the imaging optical system to form light-collected sections adjacent to each other in the first direction. A first wiring is electrically connected to and extended out from the first light emitting element to one side in the second direction. A second wiring is electrically connected to and extended out from the second light emitting element to the one side in the second direction.
Claims14
An exposure head comprising:
- an imaging optical system arranged in a first direction;
- a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element disposed in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and that emit light beams to be imaged by the imaging optical system to form light-collected sections adjacent to each other in the first direction;
- a first wiring electrically connected to and extended out from the first light emitting element to one side in the second direction;
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- a second wiring electrically connected to and extended out from the second light emitting element to the one side in the second direction.
An image forming device comprising:
- a latent image carrier;
- an exposure head having
- an imaging optical system arranged in a first direction,
- a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element disposed in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and that emit light beams to be imaged on the latent image carrier by the imaging optical system to form latent images adjacent to each other in the first direction on the latent image carrier,
- a first wiring electrically connected to and extended out from the first light emitting element to one side in the second direction, and
- a second wiring electrically connected to and extended out from the second light emitting element to the one side in the second direction;
- and
- a development section that develops the latent images formed by the exposure head on the latent image carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.