Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US18162581Application Date: 2023-01-31
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Publication No.: US12078956B2Publication Date: 2024-09-03
- Inventor: Keiko Fujita , Kentaro Yamana , Shigeo Doi , Yuya Yokobori , Hiroshi Nojima
- 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. IP Division
- Priority: JP 22016882 2022.02.07
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; G03G15/16 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a transfer unit having a transfer belt, a primary transfer roller, a secondary transfer inner roller below the primary transfer roller in a vertical direction, and a stretching roller, a secondary transfer outer roller, a support unit, and an air duct provided in the transfer unit. The secondary transfer outer roller faces the secondary transfer inner roller via the transfer belt and forms a nip portion for secondarily transferring a toner image on the transfer belt to a sheet. The air duct is located downstream of the nip portion in a sheet conveyance direction and below a portion of the transfer belt stretched between the secondary transfer inner roller and the stretching roller in the vertical direction. The air duct includes an air intake port and moves with the transfer unit with movement of the transfer unit from the support unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230251602A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-08-10
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