Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with dust and gas recovery
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Application No.: US15814544Application Date: 2017-11-16
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Publication No.: US10295952B2Publication Date: 2019-05-21
- Inventor: Yoshito Hashimura
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2016-223862 20161117
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; G03G21/10 ; B01D46/24 ; G03G15/02 ; B01D46/44 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a first suction path for sucking and recovering dust from a place where the dust is generated; and a second suction path for sucking and recovering a predetermined gas from a place where the gas is generated, wherein the first suction path includes a first filter that collects the dust, a first suction fan provided downstream of the first filter, and an exhaust path of the first suction path, the second suction path includes a second filter that collects the gas, a second suction fan provided downstream of the second filter, and an exhaust path of the second suction path, and a connection in which the exhaust path of the first suction path is connected upstream of the second filter in the second suction path is included.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180136602A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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