Patent ID: 9417550
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section configured to perform image formation on a sheet; a body housing formed by a box body with a top surface, a back side surface and a front side surface and configured to contain the image forming section; a protruding housing located on the top surface and having a top portion protruding upwardly above the top surface; a light diffusing portion disposed in the protruding housing; a light source located inside the body housing or the protruding housing and configured to emit light; a light guide configured to guide light emitted by the light source to the light diffusing portion; and a control unit configured to control illumination of the light source depending on a state of the image forming apparatus, wherein the light diffusing portion is formed by a transparent member having a light diffusing surface for diffusing the light outwardly, the protruding housing includes an upward slope raising to the top portion in a first direction which extends from the front side surface toward the back side surface, a downward slope falling from the top surface in the first direction, and a groove, the groove formed by a recessed part of the top portion, the groove extends in the first direction over the downward slope from the upward slope, the light diffusing portion is positioned inside the groove and has a mountain-like cross-sectional shape with a peak in the first direction, and the light diffusing portion includes a first surface facing the front side surface which is one inclined surface of the mountain-like shape and a second surface facing the back side surface which is another inclined surface of the mountain-like shape.