Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17553268Application Date: 2021-12-16
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Publication No.: US11586143B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Takeo Kawanami , Akinori Mitsumata , Takehiro Miyashita , Katsuhiko Oba
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JPJP2020-213835 20201223
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development device, a fixing device, an apparatus main body, and a fan including a rotating shaft that extends in a longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum and a blade around the rotating shaft. The development device develops a toner image on the photosensitive drum. The fixing device fixes the toner image from the photosensitive drum to a recording material. The apparatus main body is provided with a discharge port from which the toner-fixed recording material is discharged. A length of the fan rotating shaft in the longitudinal direction is longer than a diameter of a rotational trajectory of the blade. The fan is provided on a downstream side of the fixing device in a discharge direction in which the recording material is discharged from the discharge port and overlaps a part of the development device when viewed in a vertical direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220197213A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-06-23
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