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7414239 Optical-scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus  
An optical-scanning apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the optical-scanning apparatus includes a light deflector to deflect a beam from a light source; and an optical housing...
7399094 Polygon mirror and polygon mirror molding die  
A polygon mirror includes a reflective surface group having n number of reflective surfaces (M( 1 ), . . . , M(n)) formed individually as outer peripheral side faces, a flat portion which shuts one...
7394582 Rotary deflector, optical scanning unit and image forming apparatus  
The inventive device reduces noises and stabilizes the image quality of an image forming apparatus by reducing vibration thereof by reducing vibration of a driving source itself within a preset...
7382509 Polygon mirror scanner device with tubular magnet adhered to the inside of the tubular mirror with a depression on the inner face, opposite the mirror face, with a gap, absent adhesive, formed between the magnet and inner face  
Disclosed is a polygon mirror scanner device, used as a rotor, having a plurality of mirror faces on the outer peripheral face of a mirror member having a substantially tubular shape, with a...
7379222 Optical scanning unit and image forming apparatus  
An optical apparatus for irradiating a surface to be scanned with laser light comprises rotary deflecting means for deflecting laser light emitted by a laser emitting means in a shape of a plane, a...
7379220 Multi-beam color scanning device  
A multi-beam color scanning device is provided with a multi-beam light source unit, a first polygonal mirror that deflects the plurality of light beams emitted by the multi-beam light source unit...
7372606 Optical pattern generator using a single rotating component  
An optical pattern generator uses a single rotating component. The rotating component includes a number of deflection sectors. Each sector deflects an incident optical beam by a substantially...
7372605 Polygon mirror apparatus  
A polygon mirror apparatus preventing a polygon mirror from separating from a rotor, having a rotor housing integrally formed with a polygon mirror is provided. The polygon mirror apparatus...
7372604 Multi-beam scanner, multi-beam scanning method, synchronizing beam detecting method and image forming apparatus  
A multi-beam scanner includes light sources, a deflector deflecting the beams emitted from the light sources at an equiangular velocity, a scanning image-forming optical system guiding the...
7355773 Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus using same  
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source device, a rotating polygon mirror, a first optical system, and a second optical system. The light source device has at least one light emitter....
7355771 Optical scanning apparatus  
An optical scanning device has a light shield plate where a scanning line emitted from a light source passes through a scanning lens, and is reflected by a rotation polygon mirror, and after that,...
7348549 Light scanning apparatus  
Provided is a light scanning apparatus, including a light source, a light source controller to control an on/off operation of the light source, a light deflector deflecting light emitted from the...
7339713 Optical beam scanner, image forming device, and optical beam scanning method  
An optical beam scanner includes a driving unit rotating a rotary polygon mirror that deflects and scans an optical beam; a rotation position detection unit; a rotation control unit controlling the...
RE40109 Multi-beam optical scanner  
A multi-beam optical scanner, in which a lateral magnification β in a composite system of an optical system between the light source for a multi-beam and the scanned surface satisfies the...
7330295 Optical scanning device and cover glass cleaning mechanism for optical scanning device  
The present invention relates to an optical scanning device in which a light beam is incident twice on a deflective reflecting facet and its object is to reduce curvature in scanning line trail or...
7324132 Imaging three-dimensional objects  
Imaging systems and methods are described. In one aspect, an imaging system includes a light source that is operable to generate a beam of light directed along a beam path and an optical element...
7304933 Optical recording apparatus using scanning mirror for generating two-dimensional beam  
The present invention relates to an optical recording apparatus, which converts a one-dimensional signal beam into a two-dimensional signal beam using a scanning mirror at the time of recording...
7304779 Device for converting light  
A device for converting light from, for example, a laser, VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) or light emitting diode/diodes to a plane of propagation, comprising a collimated or focused...
7304777 Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same  
An overfilled optical scanning apparatus has an incidence optical system for converging a light beam onto a deflection surface of a light deflector which has a plurality of deflection surfaces, and...
7286274 Optical scanner and image forming apparatus using the same  
The invention aims at provision of an optical scanner in which an optics required for equalizing an optical magnification in a scanning range is produced with high accuracy, so that intervals among...
7274499 Scanning optical apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same  
An object of the present invention is to prevent deterioration of image quality caused by ghost light generated from components of a scanning optical apparatus. In the present invention, an image...
7274498 Post-objective scanning device  
A post-objective scanning device using a rotatable polygon mirror has a correction system for achieving telecentric scanning with a well-corrected scanning spot. A mirror facet tracker is provided...
7271942 Multi-beam optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same  
Provided is a multi-beam optical scanning apparatus, which is capable of reducing an inter-light-beams illuminance difference at the same image height on a surface to be scanned and forming a...
7271941 Laser scanning unit including a shield  
A laser scanning unit is provided comprising: a housing; a scanning device; a first pre-scan assembly generating a first light beam and directing the first light beam toward the scanning device; a...
7271383 Scanning system with feedback for a MEMS oscillating scanner  
A scanning system for a printer or scanner that has a beam source that produces a light beam at a point of origin and has a scanning mirror that sweeps the light beam from a position “A” to a...
7265886 Optical scanner and image forming apparatus  
The over-field type optical scanner includes a first imaging optical system disposed between a light source and a rotating polygon mirror for forming, on one surface of the rotating polygon mirror,...
7262896 Polygonal mirror unit, light scanning unit, and image forming apparatus employing the same  
A polygonal mirror unit is adapted to prevent contamination using a photocatalyst, a light scanning unit, and an image forming apparatus employing the polygonal mirror. The polygonal mirror unit is...
7256918 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same  
In order to determine an arrangement of an optical scanning device provided with a rotary polygon mirror having a plurality of reflective faces, it is determined a direction of polarization of...
7253938 Laser scanning apparatus  
A light scanning apparatus is provided. The light scanning apparatus includes a beam splitter, which is located between a polygonal mirror and an fθ lens and reflects a portion of light incident...
7248391 Optical scanning system and image forming apparatus using the same  
Disclosed is an optical scanning system and an image forming apparatus having the same, wherein, in one preferred form of the invention, the optical scanning system includes a light source device,...
7247841 Light scanning apparatus  
Provided is a light scanning apparatus, including a light source, a light source controller to control an on/off operation of the light source, a light deflector deflecting light emitted from the...
7245409 Scanner apparatus and image forming apparatus  
A polygon mirror is placed so that its rotation axis is positioned on a center line in a main scanning direction of an image forming area scanned by each light beam. Moreover, two light beam...
7242505 Beam deflector, light scanning unit using the same, and image forming apparatus using the light scanning unit  
A beam deflector including a driving source for providing a rotation force, a beam deflection unit rotatably arranged on the driving source to deflect and scan an incident beam, and a cover member...
7236282 Polygon mirror and optical scanning apparatus employing the same  
A polygon mirror structure comprising a mirror body including spherical ceramic particles, a reinforcement member for reinforcing the strength of the ceramic particles, and a polymer, and further...
7227676 Optical scanning apparatus  
To provide an image forming apparatus including a plurality of laser scanning units having deflecting and scanning means which deflect and scan light fluxes emitted from a plurality of light...
7218434 Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with the same  
An optical scanning apparatus in which streaks in an image or unevenness in density of an image caused by influences of dusts, scratches and toner etc on the surface of a reflecting member are...
7218433 Scanning apparatus using a plurality of diffracted beams  
The present invention provides a scanning apparatus, which scans a plurality of diffracted beams, obtained by diffracting and modulating light emitted from a single light source, on a scanning...
7218432 Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus  
A light source which is a surface emitting laser including a plurality of apertures that correspond to light emitting regions arranged in a two-dimensional array and limit the regions, and a...
7215454 Device for substrate treatment by means of laser radiation  
An apparatus for substrate treatment by means of laser radiation includes a rotating polygonal mirror by which at least one incident laser beam is reflected and is pivotable across an arrangement...
7212324 Optical scanning arrangement and image forming device with the arrangement  
The present invention includes a first plate ( 14 ) and a second plate ( 15 ) which perform a coarse adjustment of a cylinder mirror ( 245 ) by moving the cylinder mirror ( 245 ) linearly in the...
7209273 Image forming apparatus and image forming method  
An image forming apparatus which includes image forming units of a plurality of colors, each having an image carrier and a light beam scanning portion for polarizing irradiated laser beam by a...
7193762 Scanning optical apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same  
A scanning optical apparatus having stable optical performance even if the characteristic of a vertical cavity surface emitting laser is fluctuated due to increase in drive current, and an image...
7193761 Method of controlling beam scanning timing and beam energy and light beam scanning apparatus using the same  
Disclosed herein is a method of controlling beam scanning timing and beam energy and a light beam scanning apparatus using the method. The light beam scanning apparatus includes a beam generation...
7193760 Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus  
An optical scanning device includes a light source, a pre-deflection optical device for applying a predetermined characteristic to a light beam irradiated from the light source, a light deflection...
7193759 Scanning optical system  
There is provided a scanning optical system, which is provided with a light source that emits at least one beam, a polygonal mirror, and an imaging optical system that converges the at least one...
7182466 Projection optical system and optical system  
A projection optical system includes an optical modulation unit which outputs modulated light for displaying an image, an optical scanning unit on which the modulated light output from the optical...
7164519 Laser processing apparatus and method using polygon mirror  
Disclosed is a laser processing apparatus and method for enhancing processing efficiency of an object by means of a polygon mirror. The laser processing apparatus includes a laser generator...
7154652 Light scanning optical system, image projection apparatus, and image display system  
A light scanning optical system that is capable of increasing a deflection angle without causing optical performance degradation includes a reflection surface for reflecting incident light, a unit...
7149021 Optical scanner and image forming apparatus using the same  
An optical scanner for an image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a polygonal mirror for steering a scanning beam incident thereto and an optical device located in the vicinity of...
7149019 Optical scanning system and image forming apparatus using the same  
Disclosed is an optical scanning system and an image forming apparatus using the same, which is designed to reduce the overall size of the system and to make uniform the light spot diameter in a...