Wireless communication device configuration in an image forming apparatus

摘要

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet, a housing configured to accommodate therein the image forming unit, a reading device, which is provided above the housing, and which is configured to read a content on the sheet, a protruding part, which protrudes from a side surface of the housing, and which is positioned within an outer edge of the reading device projected on a virtual horizontal plane when the protruding part is projected on the virtual horizontal plane, and a wireless board for a wireless communication, at least a part of the wireless board being arranged within the protruding part.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming device configured to form an image on a sheet; a housing configured to accommodate therein the image forming device; a reading device, which is provided above the housing, and which is configured to read content on the sheet; a protruding frame part, which protrudes from a side surface of the housing on one side of the image forming apparatus opposite to another side of the image forming apparatus in a width direction, and which is positioned within an outer edge of the reading device projected on a virtual horizontal plane when the protruding frame part is projected on the virtual horizontal plane, the protruding frame part having an interior space enclosed by a first side surface, a second side surface and a connecting surface extending between the first side surface and the second side surface, wherein the first side surface, the second side surface and the connecting surface are all disposed closer to the one side of the image forming apparatus than to the other side of the image forming apparatus, the first and second side surfaces being parallel to the side surface of the housing; and a wireless board for a wireless communication, the wireless board provided with an antenna part, at least a part of the wireless board being arranged within the interior space of the protruding frame part, wherein the reading device at least partially overlaps the interior space of the protruding frame part and the wireless board when viewed from above, and wherein the antenna part is positioned below the reading device.