Patent ID: 7619797
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical scanning apparatus comprising: a housing including: a plurality of image forming stations that lead the light beams exiting said housing to a plurality of image carriers, respectively; a pair of support members that face each other to support said housing in a main scanning direction so as to position a plurality of reflectors corresponding to the respective image forming stations in a plane perpendicular to the main scanning direction; and a support frame that couples said pair of support members to maintain relative positions of said support members to each other, wherein said housing is supported by said pair of support members by being bridged over said pair of support members so that said housing is positioned in the plane perpendicular to the main scanning direction at one of said pair of support members and positioned in the scanning direction by contacting a flange surface of said housing with the other of said pair of support members.