JP2008268348A5

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Publication number: JP2008268348A5
Application number: JP2007108295A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2007-04-17
Publication date: 2010-06-17
Anticipated expiration: 2027-04-17

Claims

レーザ光を射出し、該レーザ光を偏向して被走査面で走査するためのレーザ偏向走査手段と、
底板と、前記底板を囲う側壁と、前記側壁によって囲まれて形成された開口部と、を有する箱状の筐体であって、前記レーザ偏向走査手段を収容する光学箱と、
前記光学箱に取り付けられ、前記開口部を覆うカバー部材と、
を備える光学走査装置において、
前記カバー部材が前記光学箱に取り付けられた状態で、前記側壁の前記光学箱の外側の面である側壁面と前記カバー部材とに当接する弾性部材を有し、
前記側壁面に垂直な方向から見ると、前記弾性部材は少なくとも一部が前記底板に重なって配置されていることを特徴とする光学走査装置。 Laser deflection scanning means for emitting laser light, deflecting the laser light, and scanning the scanned surface;
A box-shaped housing having a bottom plate, a side wall surrounding the bottom plate, and an opening formed surrounded by the side wall, and an optical box for accommodating the laser deflection scanning means ;
A cover member attached to the optical box and covering the opening ;
In an optical scanning device comprising:
In a state where the cover member is attach to the optical box has a contact with the elastic member and the side wall surface is the outer surface of the optical box in the side walls and to said cover member,
When viewed from a direction perpendicular to the side wall surface, at least a part of the elastic member is disposed so as to overlap the bottom plate .

前記カバー部材は、前記開口部を塞ぐ蓋部と、前記光学箱に取り付けられた際に前記側壁に対向する側壁対向部と、を有し、The cover member has a lid portion that closes the opening, and a side wall facing portion that faces the side wall when attached to the optical box,
前記カバー部材が前記光学箱に取り付けられた際に、前記弾性部材は前記カバー部材の前記側壁対向部に当接することを特徴とする請求項１に記載の光学走査装置。The optical scanning device according to claim 1, wherein when the cover member is attached to the optical box, the elastic member abuts against the side wall facing portion of the cover member.

前記弾性部材は前記側壁に設けられており、The elastic member is provided on the side wall;
前記弾性部材の前記カバー部材に当接する部分には、前記弾性部材よりも摩擦抵抗の低い部材が取り付けられることを特徴とする請求項１又は２に記載の光学走査装置。The optical scanning device according to claim 1, wherein a member having a lower frictional resistance than the elastic member is attached to a portion of the elastic member that contacts the cover member.

請求項１乃至３のいずれか一項に記載の光学走査装置と、
前記光学走査装置から射出されるレーザ光が走査する被走査面を有し、前記レーザ光によって走査されることで該被走査面上に潜像が形成される像担持体と、
を備えることを特徴とする画像形成装置。 An optical scanning device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
An image carrier having a scanned surface that is scanned by laser light emitted from the optical scanning device, and forming a latent image on the scanned surface by being scanned by the laser beam ;
An image forming apparatus comprising: