Image forming apparatus with dust and gas recovery
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorYoshito Hashimura
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a first suction path for sucking and recovering dust from a place where the dust is generated; and a second suction path for sucking and recovering a predetermined gas from a place where the gas is generated, wherein the first suction path includes a first filter that collects the dust, a first suction fan provided downstream of the first filter, and an exhaust path of the first suction path, the second suction path includes a second filter that collects the gas, a second suction fan provided downstream of the second filter, and an exhaust path of the second suction path, and a connection in which the exhaust path of the first suction path is connected upstream of the second filter in the second suction path is included.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first suction path for sucking and recovering dust from a place where the dust is generated;
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- a second suction path for sucking and recovering a predetermined gas from a place where the gas is generated, wherein
- the first suction path includes a first filter that collects the dust, a first suction fan provided downstream of the first filter, and an exhaust path of the first suction path,
- the second suction path includes a second filter that collects the gas, a second suction fan provided downstream of the second filter, and an exhaust path of the second suction path, and
- a connection in which the exhaust path of the first suction path is connected upstream of the second filter in the second suction path is included.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.