- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having widthwisely extending exhaust fan
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Application No.: US18335693Application Date: 2023-06-15
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Publication No.: US12158723B2Publication Date: 2024-12-03
- Inventor: Takehiro Miyashita , Takeo Kawanami , Ryosuke Takahashi
- 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: JP2022-100037 20220622,JP2022-100483 20220622,JP2023-077857 20230510
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus forming an image on a sheet conveyed in a sheet conveyance direction includes a frame including a first side plate and a second side plate disposed in parallel in a width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction, an intake unit disposed on an outer side of the frame in the width direction and configured to draw air into an interior of the frame, an exhaust unit disposed between the first side plate and the second side plate and configured to discharge air outside of the frame, and a cooling object unit disposed on a path of the air which is drawn into the interior of the frame by the intake unit and moves toward the exhaust unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230418224A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-12-28
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