Light scanning apparatus having optical box on which a beam splitter is disposed, and image forming apparatus including the same

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PATENT NO 8810622
APP PUB NO 20130286145A1
SERIAL NO

13866792

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A light scanning apparatus, including: a light source configured to emit a light beam; a beam splitter configured to split the light beam into a first and a second light beams; a rotary polygon mirror configured to deflect the first light beam to scan a photosensitive member; a motor configured to rotate the rotary polygon mirror; a first lens configured to guide the first light beam to the photosensitive member; an optical sensor configured to receive the second light beam; a second lens configured to condense the second light beam on the optical sensor; and an optical box has a wall standing from a bottom surface between a region in which the rotary polygon mirror and the motor are disposed and a region in which the second lens is disposed, and a height of the wall from the bottom surface is higher than a height of the rotary polygon mirror.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA30-2 SHIMOMARUKO 3-CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 146-8501

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hosoi, Shinichiro Tokyo, JP 45 290
Mamiya, Toshiharu Yokohama, JP 16 228
Nakahata, Hiroshi Abiko, JP 48 1768
Okada, Yuta Moriya, JP 58 5883

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