Image forming apparatus having an ion generating function
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuhi Akagawa, Shinji Sugita
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a paper supply section, a housing member and an ion generating unit. The housing member is disposed at least below the image forming section, and has the same shape in plane view as the image forming section and the paper supply section. The ion generating unit is contained in the housing member. The ion generating unit includes a duct forming a pathway that guides a flow of air that is sucked in from outside of the housing member, and that is discharged back outside of the housing member. An ion generating device is disposed inside the duct, along with a fan for generating an air current in the duct.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus having an ion generating function, comprising:
- an image forming section for performing an image forming process on paper,
- a paper supply section for containing paper to be supplied to the image forming section,
- a housing member disposed at least below the image forming section, having substantially the same shape in plane view as the image forming section and the paper supply section;
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- an ion generating unit contained in the housing member comprising:
- a duct forming a pathway to guide a flow of air that is sucked in from outside of the housing member and that is discharged again to outside of the housing member;
- an ion generating device disposed in the duct;
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- an air current generating section for generating an air current in the duct,
- wherein the ion generating unit is positioned in a first space that is isolated from a second space in which the image forming section is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.