Patent ID: 7843481
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: B41J,G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: a plurality of photosensitive members; and a light scanning device configured to irradiate light beams along a plurality of scanning lines each on a surface of respective corresponding one of the plurality of photosensitive members, the light scanning device comprising a first light deflector and a second light deflector each configured to rotate to thereby deflect one of more of the light beams in varying directions, the first light deflector being configured to rotate about a first rotational axis, the second light deflector being configured to rotate about a second rotational axis not parallel to the first rotational axis, wherein a first pair of the plurality of scanning lines is contained in a first plane, at least a second pair of the plurality of scanning lines being contained in a second plane different from the first plane, the first light deflector being arranged in a plane parallel to the first plane.