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US 2012/0230720 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorJunichi Murano
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier with toner, an intake fan to draw air used for cooling the image forming unit into the image forming apparatus, an exhaust fan to exhaust the air from the image forming apparatus, and an exhaust duct to form an airflow path between the image forming unit and the exhaust fan. One end of the exhaust duct is disposed below the exhaust fan.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming unit to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier with toner;
- an intake fan to draw air used for cooling the image forming unit into the image forming apparatus;
- an exhaust fan to exhaust the air from the image forming apparatus;
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- an exhaust duct to form an airflow path between the image forming unit and the exhaust fan, one end of the exhaust duct being disposed below the exhaust fan.
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