Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuhi AKAGAWA
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Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, exhaust fans of a ventilation device and an intake port of an air purifier are provided on side wall portions respectively that are opposite each other in a main casing of the image forming apparatus, and the exhaust fans of the ventilation device are provided in a location higher than the intake port of the air purifier. With this configuration, silicone that is discharged from the exhaust fans of the ventilation device is almost never suctioned into the intake port of the air purifier, such that almost none of this silicone adheres to a discharging electrode of the ion generator, and an ion generating efficiency of the ion generator can be maintained over a long period without dropping.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a ventilation device that ventilates air inside the image forming apparatus,
- wherein an air purifier having an ion generator is provided isolated inside the image forming apparatus, and air outside the image forming apparatus is suctioned and purified by the air purifier, with purified air being discharged, and
- an intake port of the air purifier that suctions air is provided in a location apart from an exhaust port of the ventilation device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.