Optical scanner and image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9298003-B2
Application number	US-201414457358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	Aug 30, 2013
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

The light source body of an optical scanner includes a main frame and a disc portion. The main frame is formed into a cylindrical columnar shape so as to irradiate the light beams from a front end thereof. The disc portion protrudes radially outward from a rear end side of the main frame. A side plate of the housing have a through-hole. The side plate includes a support member installed on the outer surface. The support member has an arc surface formed to extend along a edge portion of the through-hole. A pressing member is configured to press the disc portion of the light source body against the arc surface of the support member in such a state that the front end of the main frame is inserted into the through-hole and that an end surface of the disc portion makes contact with the side plate of the housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical scanner, comprising:
a housing configured to accommodate optical scanning parts;
a lid member configured to cover the housing; and
a light source body configured to irradiate a plurality of light beams toward the optical scanning parts, wherein
the light source body includes a cylindrical columnar main frame configured to irradiate the light beams from a front end thereof and a disc portion protruding radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the main frame at a rear end side of the main frame opposite to the front end thereof,
the housing includes a side plate having a through-hole and an outer surface, the side plate including a support member installed on the outer surface, the support member having an arc surface formed to extend along a peripheral edge portion of the through-hole,
the optical scanner further comprises a pressing member configured to press the disc portion of the light source body against the arc surface of the support member in such a state that the front end of the main frame is inserted into the through-hole and that an end surface of the disc portion makes contact with the side plate of the housing, and
the pressing member is an elastic piece fixed to the housing or the lid member at one end and remaining free at another end, the pressing member configured to make contact with an outer circumferential surface of the disc portion and to press the disc portion by an elastic force.

2. The optical scanner of claim 1 , wherein the pressing member is one-piece formed with the lid member and is configured such that, when the lid member is mounted to the housing, the pressing member makes contact with the outer circumferential surface of the disc portion to press the disc portion.

3. The optical scanner of claim 2 , wherein a jig hole through which a jig for adjusting positions of the optical scanning parts is inserted is formed in the lid member, and a label for covering the jig hole is affixed to an outer surface of the lid member.

4. The optical scanner of claim 3 , wherein the pressing member formed in the lid member is fixed, together with a pressing plate, to the side plate of the housing by a screw in such a state that a pressing force acting toward the disc portion is applied to the pressing member by a jig.

5. An image forming apparatus provided with the optical scanner of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Kyocera Document Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Tomioka Hiroyuki

Classifications

• G02B26/0841

  the reflecting element being moved or deformed by electrostatic means · CPC title

• G02B26/10 Primary

  Scanning systems · CPC title

• B41J2/473 Primary

  using multiple light beams, wavelengths or colours · CPC title

• B41J2/442

  using lasers · CPC title