Image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakuya OTSUKA
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Abstract
According to an embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an optical scanning apparatus. A housing cover of the optical scanning apparatus includes a light blocking member. The light blocking member blocks stray light of a laser beam emitted from the optical scanning apparatus or blocks a laser beam having a possibility to be the stray light among the laser beams emitted from the optical scanning apparatus.
Claims11
An image forming apparatus which includes an optical scanning apparatus, the optical scanning apparatus scanning a latent image bearing member by emitting a laser beam to form an electrostatic latent image in the latent image bearing member,
- the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a casing which includes a housing which serves as a mounting substrate of a component of an optical scanning portion and a housing cover which is mounted on the housing to cover the housing;
- and
- a light blocking member which is provided in the housing cover and blocks stray light of the laser beam emitted from the optical scanning apparatus or to block a laser beam having a possibility to be the stray light among the laser beams emitted from the optical scanning apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.