Patent ID: 8989612
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
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 and configured to contain the image forming section; a protruding housing protruding upward from the top surface, the protruding housing having an upward slope rising from front side to back side and a top portion formed by a convex curved surface; a light source located inside the body housing or the protruding housing and configured to emit light; a light guide formed by a transparent member, the light guide member having a base portion into which light emitted by the light source is incident, and end portion that functions as a light diffusing portion which diffuses the light outward, and a body portion that connects the base portion to the end portion; and a control unit configured to control illumination of the light source based on information related to the image formation, wherein the top portion has a groove, the groove having a flat bottom portion whose front and back ends are open, the flat bottom portion having an opening, and wherein the light diffusing portion protrudes through the opening from the bottom portion and is positioned inside the groove, the light diffusing portion including a pair of cut surfaces that have a mountain-like shape in cross-section in a front-back direction.