Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including an air discharge duct
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Application No.: US15473951Application Date: 2017-03-30
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Publication No.: US10261468B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Yoshitaka Kuroda , Fuyuki Kokubu
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2016-165347 20160826; JP2016-189916 20160928
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/20 ; G03G21/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit that fixes an unfixed image held by a recording medium by heating the recording medium; a first air discharge unit that is disposed at one end in a direction that cross a recording medium feeding direction of the fixing unit and discharges air around the fixing unit to an outside; a second air discharge unit that is disposed on a downstream side of the fixing unit in the recording medium feeding direction and discharges air around the second air discharge unit to an outside; and an air discharge duct member that causes discharge air of the first air discharge unit and discharge air of the second air, discharge unit to merge together and guides resulting merged air to a discharge opening of a rear wall of an apparatus main body of the image forming apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180059585A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-03-01
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