Patent ID: 11945673
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a transporter discharging a sheet, which has been transported, from a sheet discharging port;
a discharging tray on which the sheet discharged from the sheet discharging port in a discharging direction is stacked; and
a light source disposed above the discharging tray and radiating light to a lower portion, wherein
the discharging tray includes a protruding portion protruding farther upward than a surrounding area,
the protruding portion overlaps the light source in a width direction orthogonal to the discharging direction, and a length of the protruding portion in the width direction is smaller than a length of a sheet having a maximum size to be discharged,
when the sheet having the maximum size is discharged from the sheet discharging port, an end portion of the sheet having the maximum size extends outward from the protruding portion in the width direction, and
the light source is disposed, in the width direction, in a region from a center portion of the sheet having the maximum size to be discharged to an edge of the sheet having the maximum size to be discharged, the edge located on a front side of the image forming apparatus.