Exposure device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHIROSHI YAMAMOTO, Akito TERAMOTO, Songhuan PIAO, Katsuaki YAMADA, Kenzo OHKUBO
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a panel member opposing a photoreceptor drum and having plural light-emitting elements; a lens focusing light emitted from the light-emitting elements onto the photoreceptor drum; and a holding member holding the lens. The holding member and the lens adhere to each other in a first adhesive region located at a center in a longitudinal direction (width direction) and a second adhesive region located at an end in the longitudinal direction. A shrinkage rate differs between the first adhesive region and the second adhesive region.
Claims7
An exposure device comprising:
- a panel member that opposes a photoreceptor and has plural light-emitting elements;
- a lens that focuses light emitted from the light-emitting elements onto the photoreceptor;
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- a holding member that holds the lens, wherein
- the holding member and the lens adhere to each other in a first adhesive region and a second adhesive region, the first adhesive region being located at a center in a longitudinal direction, and the second adhesive region being located at an end in the longitudinal direction, and
- a shrinkage rate differs between the first adhesive region and the second adhesive region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.