Image forming apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTadao Kamano
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a main body, a conveyance path, a first external cover and a second external cover. The first cover provided in the main body to cover the conveyance path includes a blocking wall facing the conveyance path; a concave portion provided below the blocking wall and recessed toward the main body with respect to a lower end of the blocking wall; a communication portion, provided between the lower end of the blocking wall and an upper end of the concave portion, that penetrates the first external cover and faces an outer space of the image forming apparatus at a position that extends from the concave portion to the blocking wall; and an air exhaust portion provided above the blocking wall.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- a conveyance path provided in the main body and configured to extend in a first direction;
- a first external cover configured to cover the conveyance path;
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- a second external cover, provided outside the first external cover, that is configured to secure a space, wherein
- the first external cover includes a blocking wall facing the conveyance path;
- an air exhaust portion, provided above the blocking wall, that penetrates the first external cover;
- a concave portion provided below the blocking wall and recessed toward the main body with respect to a lower end of the blocking wall;
- and a communication portion, provided between the lower end of the blocking wall and an upper end of the concave portion, that penetrates a portion of the first external cover and is positioned below the blocking wall and facing downward such that air from the concave portion flows upward through the communication portion toward the air exhaust portion.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- a conveyance path provided in the main body and configured to extend in a first direction;
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- an external cover provided in the main body and having an inner surface portion facing the conveyance path and an outer surface portion opposite to the inner surface portion, wherein
- the external cover includes a blocking wall of which the inner surface portion faces the conveyance path;
- an air exhaust portion, provided above the blocking wall, that penetrates through the inner surface portion and the outer surface portion;
- a concave portion, provided below the blocking wall, of which the inner surface portion and the outer surface portion are recessed toward the main body with respect to a lower end of the blocking wall;
- and a communication portion, provided between the lower end of the blocking wall and an upper end of the concave portion, that penetrates through the inner surface portion and the outer surface portion and faces downward such that air from the concave portion flows upward through the communication portion toward the air exhaust portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.