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US 11,768,460 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuichiro Okawa, Yu Shuhama
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a first frame member, a second frame member opposing the first frame member, a cartridge, a cartridge holding member, an air blowing portion, a first opening, a second opening opposing the first opening, an air discharge passage member, and an outer casing member provided so as to cover an outside of the second frame member and permitting discharge of the air to an outside of the image forming apparatus through the air discharge passage member.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first frame member provided on one side in a horizontal direction;
- an outer casing member configured to cover said first frame member;
- a second frame member provided on the other side in the horizontal direction so as to oppose said first frame member;
- a cartridge provided between said first frame member and said second frame member and including a developing roller configured to develop an electrostatic latent image;
- a cartridge tray in which said cartridge is mountable and movable between said first frame member and said second frame member;
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- a fan disposed above said cartridge tray with respect to a height direction and disposed between said first frame member and said outer casing member;
- wherein said cartridge tray is provided with an air discharge port opposing said second frame member, the air discharge port being positioned lower than said fan with respect to the height direction, and
- wherein said fan supplies air from a side of said first frame member toward said cartridge, the air supplied toward said cartridge being discharged from inside of said cartridge tray to outside via the air discharge port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.