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US 2021/0333754 A1Published application
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.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a first frame member provided on one side in a first direction;
- a second frame member provided on the other side in the first 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;
- a holding member provided between said first frame member and said second frame member and configured to hold said cartridge;
- air blower provided on said first frame member and configured to supply air from said one side to said the other side;
- a first opening provided on said the other side of said holding member and configured to permit the air to be supplied from said air blower;
- a second opening provided in said second frame member and opposing said first opening with respect to said first direction;
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- an outer casing member provided so as to cover an outside of said second frame member and configured to permit discharge of the air to an outside of said image forming apparatus through said first opening and said second opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.