Seiko epson corporation (20240430377). IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Yoshiyuki Tanaka of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP)
Tomoyuki Higuchi of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP)
Kenji Yanagisawa of AZUMINO-SHI (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240430377 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
an internal discharge space is defined between an image reading section and an image forming section and the internal discharge space has an opening in a front of the image forming apparatus. since the internal discharge space has the opening in the front of the image forming apparatus, a border between the internal discharge space and the housing is located in the front of the image forming apparatus. a light emitting section having a predetermined length along the border is provided and emits light along the predetermined length of the border, enabling users to check a light emission state from a distance. accordingly, a state of the image forming apparatus can be indicated by the light emitting section.
