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US 9,541,898 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTomohiro Shiomi
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station configured to form an image on a recording material; an electric circuit configured to operate the image forming station; a casing configured to accommodate the electric circuit; a recess provided on the casing; a voltage source input portion provided on a wall surface of the recess and configured to supply electric power to the electric circuit from an outside of the casing; and an air vent opening formed in a wall surface of the recess for permitting air flow between an inside and an outside to cool an inside of the casing.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming station configured to form an image on a recording material;
- an electric circuit configured to operate said image forming station;
- a casing configured to accommodate said image forming station and said electric circuit;
- a recess provided on said casing;
- a voltage source cable provided on a wall surface of said recess and configured to supply electric power to said electric circuit from an outside of said casing;
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- an air vent opening formed in a wall surface of said recess for permitting air flow between an inside and an outside to cool an inside of said casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.