Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming device preventing escape of ultrafine particles into air
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Application No.: US15899431Application Date: 2018-02-20
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Publication No.: US10241463B2Publication Date: 2019-03-26
- Inventor: Shinichi Yabuki , Tadayasu Sekioka , Shigeru Tashiro
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2017-032461 20170223
- Main IPC: G03G21/10
- IPC: G03G21/10 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20 ; G03G21/20

Abstract:
Inside the body of an image forming device, first to fifth electric charge providers are mounted in a first location out of a path of an air flow to the suction unit caused by the action of the suction unit, and a sixth electric charge provider is mounted in a second location through which external air flows in the body caused by the action of the suction unit. Each electric charge provider emits charges in ambient air to cause ultrafine particles floating in the ambient air to clump together.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180239298A1 IMAGE FORMING DEVICE PREVENTING ESCAPE OF ULTRAFINE PARTICLES INTO AIR Public/Granted day:2018-08-23
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