Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Louver assembly for an image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15595078Application Date: 2017-05-15
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Publication No.: US10310449B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Koichi Watanabe
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venables LLP
- Priority: JP2016-102258 20160523
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; B41J2/415 ; B41J11/00 ; G03B27/26 ; B41J2/17 ; B41J2/185 ; B41J29/13 ; B41J29/377

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a housing of an apparatus body, an electrical equipment portion provided to project in a horizontal direction with respect to the housing, wherein a space is provided under the electrical equipment portion, a cover configured to cover the electrical equipment portion, and a louver which comprises plural slats arranged with intervals therebetween and through which an inside of the cover communicates with an outside of the cover, and is provided in a lower surface portion of the cover. The louver comprises a first louver member and a second louver member. The first louver member comprises a first slat portion constituting a part of the slats. The second louver member comprises a second slat portion disposed below the first slat portion to overlap with the first slat portion at least partially in a front view of the louver and constituting another part of the slats.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170336758A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-11-23
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