Tandem-type laser scanning apparatus

Details Tandem-type laser scanning apparatus Tandem-type laser scanning apparatus

2005-02-15

2005-02-15

Cherry, Euncha P. (Department: 2872)

Optical: systems and elements

Deflection using a moving element

Using a periodically moving element

Reexamination Certificate

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06856439

ABSTRACT:
A tandem-type laser scanning apparatus has a deflector for deflecting a first laser beam and a second laser beam, which fulfill prescribed conditions, in the main scanning direction by reflecting the laser beams simultaneously with a single surface and a scanning optical system for directing the deflected first and second laser beams to separate scanned surfaces corresponding thereto in such a way that the scanned surfaces are individually scanned with the laser beams focused thereon. The scanning optical system includes a common lens that has no curvature in the sub scanning direction and that transmits both the first and second laser beams, a first scanning lens that transmits, of the first and second laser beams transmitted through the common lens, the first laser beam but not the second laser beam, and a second scanning lens that transmits, of the first and second laser beams transmitted through the common lens, the second laser beam but not the first laser beam. The first and second scanning lenses each have a surface having a different twist from each other.

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