Optical scanner and image forming device provided with the optical scanner
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorHiroyuki TOMIOKA
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Abstract
An optical scanner includes a housing, a polygon mirror accommodated within the housing and configured to reflect light of a light source, a lens accommodated within the housing and arranged on an optical path of the light reflected by the polygon mirror, and a cover member. The cover member is mounted to the housing and is provided with an opening formed so as to expose at least a portion of the lens. The opening is closed by a seal member which is attached to a portion of the lens exposed from the opening and an outer wall surface of the cover member existing around the opening.
Claims6
An optical scanner, comprising:
- a housing;
- a polygon mirror accommodated within the housing and configured to reflect light of a light source;
- a lens accommodated within the housing and arranged on an optical path of the light reflected by the polygon mirror;
- and
- a cover member mounted to the housing and provided with an opening formed so as to expose at least a portion of the lens,
- wherein the opening is closed by a seal member which is attached to a portion of the lens exposed from the opening and an outer wall surface of the cover member existing around the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.