Light deflector and image forming apparatus
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Mar 14, 2017
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Sep 29, 2016
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Mar 24, 2016
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Mar 24, 2015
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Light deflector includes: polygon mirror made of plastic and having reflecting surfaces; motor rotatable on a rotation axis; and rotor rotatable by the motor, and including base portion intersecting the axis of rotation, and first protruding portion having circular cylindrical shape and protruding from the base portion in a rotation-axis direction. The polygon mirror has inner surface contacting outer peripheral surface of the first protruding portion, and bottom surface facing to the rotor in the rotation-axis direction. The bottom surface has contacting portion contacting the base portion, and the contacting portion overlaps a line segment connecting the rotation axis and any of vertexes of the polygon mirror viewed from the rotation-axis direction. The bottom surface has non-contacting portion spaced apart from the base portion, and the non-contacting portion overlaps a perpendicular dropped from the rotation axis to any of the reflecting surfaces viewed from the rotation-axis direction.
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