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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Kei Ouchi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Tamatsukuri, Chuo-ku, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A light guide includes an incident surface provided at least at an end portion of the light guide in a longitudinal direction, and receiving light from a light source, an output surface constituting a part of an outer peripheral surface, and outputting the light introduced through the incident surface, a reflecting surface extending along the optical axis so as to oppose the output surface, and including a plurality of reflection patterns that reflect the introduced light toward the output surface, and a reflecting plate opposed to a region in the outer peripheral surface other than the incident surface, the output surface, and the reflecting surface, and reflecting the light from the light source. The outer peripheral surface includes a sloped portion formed so as to come closer to the reflecting plate in a direction away from the incident surface in the longitudinal direction.