IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS: abstract simplified (18334259)

• This abstract for appeared for patent application number 18334259 Titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS'

Simplified Explanation

The image forming apparatus described in the abstract consists of several components. It includes an optical box, a housing with a discharge opening, a cover located downstream of the optical box in the direction in which the recording material is discharged, and a circuit board. The circuit board contains multiple electronic components and a wiring board that connects them electrically. The circuit board is positioned so that the surface of the wiring board, where the electronic components are mounted, intersects with the discharge direction. The wiring board is placed between the cover and the optical box in the discharge direction. When viewed from a vertical perspective, the optical box and the electronic components partially overlap each other.

Original Abstract Submitted

An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes an optical box, a housing having a discharge opening, a cover provided downstream of the optical box in a discharge direction in which a recording material is discharged through the discharge opening and forming a part of the housing, and a circuit board, wherein the circuit board includes a plurality of electronic components and a wiring board configured to electrically connect the plurality of electronic components, the circuit board is disposed in such a direction that a surface of the wiring board on which the plurality of electronic components is mounted intersects the discharge direction, and the wiring board is provided between the cover and the optical box in the discharge direction, and wherein, when viewed in a vertical direction, the optical box and the plurality of electronic components partially overlap each other.