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Patent No.:

US 12756788 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2024

Image forming apparatus comprising a first light emitter along a vertical direction that intersects with a second light emitter along another direction on the border of an internal discharge space front wall surface of the housing

Applicant:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Matsumoto, JP;

Tomoyuki Higuchi, Shiojiri, JP;

Kenji Yanagisawa, Azumino, JP;

Assignee:

Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

WORKMAN NYDEGGER

Primary Examiner:

Chad Dickerson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/23 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/48 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/484 (2013.01); H04N 1/0053 (2013.01); H04N 1/2392 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tanaka, Yoshiyuki. (2026). Image forming apparatus comprising a first light emitter along a vertical direction that intersects with a second light emitter along another direction on the border of an internal discharge space front wall surface of the housing (U.S. Patent No. 12756788). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12756788

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