Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroshi Kida, Koji Wakamoto
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus for reproducing an image on an image carrier by means of a laser beam, a frame structure for supporting a laser scanning device has a basic configuration in which lower portions of front and rear frames are coupled to each other by combining square pipes. In the frame structure, a reinforcing member of a flat plate made of a rigid material is fixed to upper square pipes of the front and rear frames which is required to be reinforced. A supporting member which supports optical components constituting the laser scanning device is fixed and supported by the reinforcing member.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image carrier which is optically scanned with a laser beam that is modulated in accordance with image data, for reproducing an image corresponding to the image data thereon;
- a laser scanning device having optical components, for scanning with the laser beam;
- a frame structure for supporting the image carrier and the laser scanning device;
- a first reinforcing member attached to a portion where the frame structure is reinforceable in strength, for supporting the laser scanning device;
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- a first supporting member for holding the laser scanning device when the first supporting member is affixed to the first reinforcing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.