An image forming apparatus includes a housing having an opening, a cover movable between an open position and a closed position, a first photoconductive drum and a second photoconductive drum, a first exposing head having a first boss and rotatably coupled to the cover, a second exposing head having a second boss and rotatably coupled to the cover, and a cam rotatably coupled to each of the first exposing head and the second exposing head. The cam is configured to rotate each of the first exposing head and the second exposing head. The cam includes (i) a first elongated hole into which the first boss fits and extending a direction intersecting a movement direction in which the cam moves and (ii) a second elongated hole into which the second boss fits and extending in a direction intersecting the movement direction of the cam.

An image forming apparatus includes a housing having an opening, a cover movable between an open position and a closed position, a first photoconductive drum and a second photoconductive drum, a first exposing head having a first boss and rotatably coupled to the cover, a second exposing head having a second boss and rotatably coupled to the cover, and a cam rotatably coupled to each of the first exposing head and the second exposing head. The cam is configured to rotate each of the first exposing head and the second exposing head. The cam includes (i) a first elongated hole into which the first boss fits and extending a direction intersecting a movement direction in which the cam moves and (ii) a second elongated hole into which the second boss fits and extending in a direction intersecting the movement direction of the cam.

A light-emitting device includes: a first light- emitting unit that extends in one direction and has a first emission surface located along the one direction, the first emission surface emitting light; a second light-emitting unit that is located in the one direction with respect to the first light-emitting unit, that extends in the one direction, and that has a second emission surface located along the one direction, the second emission surface emitting light; a first cleaning unit that is capable of moving in the one direction and an opposite direction that is opposite to the one direction to clean the first emission surface; a second cleaning unit that is capable of moving in the one direction and the opposite direction to clean the second emission surface; and a transmission unit that extends from the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit in the one direction and that transmits a moving force for moving the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit to the first cleaning unit and the second cleaning unit.

There are disclosed methods for producing curable elastomeric compositions comprising carbon black particles, as well as their corresponding cured products. Such compositions, once cured, can be used for the preparation of numerous articles of wide industrial applicability.

A light-emitting device includes: a first light-emitting unit that extends in one direction and that has a first emission surface that emits light located along the one direction; a second light-emitting unit that is located in the one direction with respect to the first light-emitting unit, that extends in the one direction, and that has a second emission surface that emits light located along the one direction; a cleaning unit that is capable of moving in the one direction and an opposite direction that is opposite to the one direction to clean the first emission surface; a transmission part that extends from the cleaning unit in the one direction and that transmits a moving force for moving the cleaning unit to the cleaning unit; and an extending part that extends from the transmission part in the one direction to elongate the transmission part. When the cleaning unit is positioned furthest in the opposite direction, an end of the extending part in the one direction is located further in the one direction than a midpoint between an end of the first light-emitting unit in the one direction and an end of the second light-emitting unit in the one direction.

A light emitting device, includes: a base plate extending in a first direction; multiple light emitting units arranged on a surface of the base plate while being shifted from each other in the first direction, and each including a support body extending in the first direction and multiple light sources supported on the support body while being arranged in the first direction; and a flow path disposed over the surface of the base plate to surround at least part of the light emitting units and allowing air to flow therethrough in the first direction.

A light emitting device 401 includes a silicon substrate and a light emitting region including a lower electrode, a light emitting layer, and an upper electrode, and an exposure head is provided with a printed board on which light emitting devices 401 are arranged in a staggered form and a circuit portion 602 for controlling, on the basis of image data, a voltage of each of electrodes included in the lower electrode so that the light emitting device layer emits light and is for forming an image with a resolution corresponding to an arrangement interval of the lower electrode with respect to a crossing direction, and the circuit portion 602 is disposed together with the light emitting region on the silicon substrate. Costs on wire bonding and an area of a wiring board can be suppressed.

A light-emitting device including: a light-emitting unit extending in one direction; an emission surface that is provided at the light-emitting unit along the one direction, and emits light in a light-emitting direction, the light-emitting direction and the one direction crossing each other; a base that is located in a direction opposite to the light-emitting direction of the light-emitting unit, and on which the light-emitting unit is removably provided; and a cleaning mechanism that includes a cleaning unit cleaning the emission surface by moving along the one direction, the cleaning mechanism allowing the light-emitting unit to be removed from the base while at least a portion of the cleaning mechanism remains on an object other than the light-emitting unit.

The print head and light emitting elements, first and second drive circuits, and a control circuit. The light emitting elements and drive circuits are spaced from each other an arrangement pitch. The first drive circuit includes a first capacitor and sets a light emission level for the first light emitting element. The second drive circuit includes a second capacitor and sets a light emission level of the second light emitting element. The control circuit is connected to the first drive circuit by a first wiring and to the second drive circuit by a second wiring and controls voltages across the first and second capacitors individually. A difference between the length of the first wiring and the length of the second wiring is less than the arrangement pitch.

A semiconductor surface-emitting laser array can be provided with a group of independently addressable light-emitting pixels arranged in at least two rows and in a linear array on a common substrate chip and including a common cathode and a dedicated channel associated with an address trace line for each pixel. An aggregate linear pitch can be achieved between pixels of the at least two rows along the linear array in a cross process direction that is less than the size of a pixel. The semiconductor laser array can include more than one common substrate chip tiled and stitched together in a staggered arrangement to provide an at least 11-inch wide, 1200pdi imager with timing delays associated with each of the more than one common substrate chip in the staggered arrangement.