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An image forming apparatus for suppressing deviations in the application position of light emitted from an optical box, thus preventing an image from being deteriorated, has an image bearing body, a light source, a deflecting device for deflecting a light emitted from the light source, a lens for im

An image forming apparatus for suppressing deviations in the application position of light emitted from an optical box, thus preventing an image from being deteriorated, has an image bearing body, a light source, a deflecting device for deflecting a light emitted from the light source, a lens for imaging a light deflected in this manner onto the image bearing body, and an optical box for containing at least the light source, the deflecting device, and the lens, wherein the optical box is provided plurally and the plurality of optical boxes are stacked to be integrated.

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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:an image bearing member; anda plurality of optical boxes, each of said optical boxes containing at least:a light source;deflecting means for deflecting light emitted from said light source; anda lens, arranged to image light deflected by said deflecting means

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:an image bearing member; anda plurality of optical boxes, each of said optical boxes containing at least:a light source;deflecting means for deflecting light emitted from said light source; anda lens, arranged to image light deflected by said deflecting means onto said image bearing member,wherein one of said plurality of optical boxes is stacked directly on and in contact with a second one of said plurality of optical boxes. 2. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said one optical box has a positioning portion for receiving said second optical box to form a stack. 3. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said one optical box and said second optical box are fixed to each other by an elastic member, or by adhering or welding. 4. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said one optical box has an engaging portion for engaging with said second optical box. 5. An image forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said engaging portion has a notch portion. 6. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said one optical box has an engaging portion for engaging with a main body of said apparatus. 7. An image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said engaging portion has a notch portion. 8. An image foaming apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of image bearing members corresponding respectively to said plurality of optical boxes. 9. An image forming apparatus according to claim 8, wherein an interval between said one optical box and said second optical box is equal to an interval between two of said image bearing members. 10. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said optical boxes correspond respectively to a plurality of images having different colors.