Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having a blocking member that changes a width of an opening of an air blow portion
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Application No.: US15987124Application Date: 2018-05-23
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Publication No.: US10372080B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Makoto Adaniya , Satoshi Murasaki , Hiroyuki Yamano
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2017-103432 20170525
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G21/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device having a nip, in which an image is fixed on a recording material, and an air blowing unit configured to feed air. A first blow portion is provided, through which the air fed by the air blowing unit flows toward a first area, which is an end portion of the fixing device, in a longitudinal direction of the fixing device, so as to cool the first area by the air via an opening of the first blow portion. A blocking member changes a width of the opening of the first blow portion, and a second blow portion is provided, branched from the first blow portion so as to cross the first blow portion, through which the air blocked by the blocking member flows toward a second area, which is a region in which the recording material passes through the nip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180341218A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-11-29
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