Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorHiroyuki TOMIOKA
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Abstract
Provided is an optical scanning device, which includes a bottomed box-like casing (31) in which a ceiling side is opened, a rotating polygon mirror (35) housed in the casing (31) to deflect and scan light beams emitted from a light source, a driving motor (41) fixed to a bottom wall of the casing (31) to drive the rotating polygon mirror (35), and a lid member (37) that closes the ceiling side of the casing (31) and is fixed to the casing (31) via a fixing mechanism (311), wherein the fixing mechanism (311) is provided adjacent to a minimum separation part (B) of a sidewall of the casing (31) in which a distance from the rotating polygon mirror (35) is minimum.
Claims4
An optical scanning device comprising:
- a bottomed box-like casing in which a ceiling side is opened;
- a rotating polygon mirror housed in the casing to deflect and scan light beams emitted from a light source;
- a driving motor fixed to a bottom wall of the casing to drive the rotating polygon mirror;
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- a lid member that closes the ceiling side of the casing and is fixed to the casing via a fixing mechanism, wherein
- the fixing mechanism is provided adjacent to a minimum separation part of a sidewall of the casing in which a distance from the rotating polygon mirror is minimum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.