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Laser Beam printer
Assignee: Kyocera Mita Industrial Co Ltd
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Filing: 1987-02-26
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2007-02-26
Abstract
Abstract A laser beam printer comprises a beam source for emitting a beam corresponding to an image signal, a photosensitive member for forming an electrostatic latent image thereon with the beam, a polygon mirror for reflecting the beam emitted by the beam source to scan the photosensitive member with the beam, an image forming lens provided between the polygon mirror and the photosensitive member in the optical path of the mirror for focusing the reflected beam from the polygon mirror on the surface of the photosensitive member, a box accommodating the beam source, the polygon mirror and the image forming lens therein and having a window for passing therethrough the beam from the image forming lens toward the photosensitive member, an optical filter provided over the opening of the window, and light blocking means disposed in a portion of the optical path.
Inventors
- 👤 Katsushi Horihata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 15:26
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/04; H04N1/113; H04N1/1135; G; G02; G02B; G02B27/00; G02B27/0018; G06; G06K; G06K15/00; G06K15/02; G06K15/12; H04N1/024; H04N1/032; H04N1/036
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
195 words
A laser beam printer comprising a beam source for emitting a beam corresponding to an image signal, a photosensitive member for forming an electrostatic latent image thereon with the beam, a polygon mirror for reflecting the beam emitted by the beam source to scan the photosensitive member with the beam, an image forming lens provided between the polygon mirror and the photosensitive member in the optical path of the mirror for focusing the reflected beam from the polygon mirror on the surface of the photosensitive member, a box accommodating the beam source, the polygon mirror and the image forming lens therein and having a window for passing therethrough the beam from the image forming lens toward the photosensitive member, an optical filter provided over the opening of the window, and light blocking means disposed in an optical path along which a portion of the beam reflected from one of the mirror faces of the polygon mirror travels toward the image forming lens again after the beam portion reversely travels through the image forming lens upon reflection at the surface of the filter and is reflected from another mirror face adjacent to said one mirror face.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
195 words
A laser beam printer comprising a beam source for emitting a beam corresponding to an image signal, a photosensitive member for forming an electrostatic latent image thereon with the beam, a polygon mirror for reflecting the beam emitted by the beam source to scan the photosensitive member with the beam, an image forming lens provided between the polygon mirror and the photosensitive member in the optical path of the mirror for focusing the reflected beam from the polygon mirror on the surface of the photosensitive member, a box accommodating the beam source, the polygon mirror and the image forming lens therein and having a window for passing therethrough the beam from the image forming lens toward the photosensitive member, an optical filter provided over the opening of the window, and light blocking means disposed in an optical path along which a portion of the beam reflected from one of the mirror faces of the polygon mirror travels toward the image forming lens again after the beam portion reversely travels through the image forming lens upon reflection at the surface of the filter and is reflected from another mirror face adjacent to said one mirror face.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
A laser beam printer as defined in claim l wherein the light blocking means is disposed at one end of the image forming lens at one side of the optical axis of the lens opposite to the other side thereof where the beam from the beam source is incident on the polygon mirror, is positioned in the vicinity of the surface of the image forming lens opposed to the polygon mirror and is at a specified distance from the optical axis.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
A laser beam printer as defined in claim 2 wherein the specified distance Hy is expressed by the following equation: f: the focal distance of an f·ϑ lens for use as the image forming lens, n: the number of mirror faces of the polygon mirror, r: the radius of a circle circumscribing the polygon mirror, d: the optical distance from the polygon mirror to the f·ϑ lens, and ω = 2ϑ.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
A laser beam printer as defined in claim 3 wherein n = 6.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
A laser beam printer as defined in claim l wherein the image forming lens is provided with a protective cover, and the light blocking means is formed integrally with the protective cover.
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