Light emitting device and image forming apparatus

• Main Author: Andoh Takayuki
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.04.2017
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; BLASTING; CINEMATOGRAPHY; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMSTHEREOF; HEATING; HOLOGRAPHY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LIGHTING; LINING MACHINES; MAGNETOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHERARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS; WEAPONS

A light-emitting device for use in an image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body; a door disposed on and openably closable relative to the apparatus body; a lens mounted on the door; a light-emitting element that lights up the lens with light; and a bracket disposed on the apparatus body, configured to support the light-emitting element. The bracket is slidable in a direction in which the light-emitting element emits light. In a state in which the door is closed relative to the apparatus body, the bracket contacts at least one of a part of the door and a part of the lens, further movement of the bracket in the slidable direction is obstructed, and the light-emitting element and the lens are positioned adjacent to each other.