Patent ID: 8777472

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus main body for performing a predetermined process on a sheet; a cover openable and closable relative to the apparatus main body; a light emitting unit provided in the apparatus main body and including an emission source for generating light, a control board for controlling the emission source and causing the emission source to generate the light and wiring electrically connected to the control board; and a display member provided in the cover, the display member being arranged to face the emission source and including an incident portion on which the light is incident, an output portion that is a long and narrow area extending to a first direction for outputting the light to the outside, a light guide portion having a polarization surface polarizing the light incident on the incident portion and guiding the light polarized by the polarization surface to the output portion and a diffuser for introducing the light guided by the light guide portion to the output portion while diffusing the light, wherein the incident portion and the polarization surface are disposed at a first end of the output portion in the first direction, the light is incident on the incident portion from the emission source in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, the polarization surface polarizes the light incident on the incident portion in the first direction, the light guide portion forms a light guide path extending along the output portion and guides the light polarized by the polarization surface in the first direction in the light guide path, the diffuser guides the light in the second direction and diffuses the light substantially over the entire output portion the cover has a holding member for holding the display member, the holding member includes: an accommodating groove having opposite first and second ends spaced apart along the first direction and configured to accommodate the display member, an incident hole opened in the first end of the accommodating groove and through which the light incident on the incident portion passes, two opposed positioning pieces formed in the accommodating groove and projecting in directions perpendicular to the first and second directions, a positioning projection formed at the second end of the accommodating groove, the light guide portion of the display member includes two opposite sidewalls extending in the first direction and a first recess being formed in each of the opposite sidewalls, the light guide portion further includes a second recess in a part of the light guide portion opposite to the first end where the polarization surface is formed in the first direction, the display member is accommodated in the accommodating groove by fitting the positioning pieces respectively into the first recesses and fitting the positioning projection into the second recess, thereby positioning the light guide portion and the incident portion.