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US 8,014,695 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorKanehiro Watanabe
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet, includes: an image forming section which forms the image on the sheet; a fixing device which fixes the image onto the sheet; a first duct which covers the fixing device and ventilates air heated by the fixing device; a second duct, which covers the first duct and ventilates cool air introduced from outside; and an exhaust fan which exhausts the air that has passed through each of the first duct and the second duct.
Claims5
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet, comprising:
- an image forming section which forms the image on the sheet;
- a fixing device which fixes the image onto the sheet;
- a first duct, which is located between the fixing device and the image forming section so as to cover the fixing device, for ventilating air heated by the fixing device;
- a second duct, which is located between the first duct and the image forming section so as to cover the first duct, for ventilating air taken in from an inlet;
- an introduction fan, which is located at the inlet, for introducing air from an outside of the image forming apparatus to an inside of the second duct via the inlet;
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- an exhaust fan, which is located at a downstream side of the inlet in a flow direction of the air introduced by the introduction fan, for exhausting the air that has passed through each of the first duct and the second duct to the outside of the image forming apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.