Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12923029Application Date: 2010-08-30
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Publication No.: US08509646B2Publication Date: 2013-08-13
- Inventor: Keisuke Shimizu
- Applicant: Keisuke Shimizu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2009-210677 20090911
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus such as a color printer including a fixing device and air supply and exhaust members, capable of effectively exhausting hot, moist air and preventing condensation from forming in and around a sheet conveyance path. The image forming apparatus includes an exhaust fan mounted at a predetermined angle to the sheet conveyance path above the fixing device, with an exhaust airflow path of the exhaust fan narrowing toward a downstream side in the air exhaust direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110064449A1 Image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2011-03-17
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