Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13226851Application Date: 2011-09-07
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Publication No.: US08687996B2Publication Date: 2014-04-01
- Inventor: Kyoichi Mizuno , Tarou Miyamoto , Kunihiro Kawachi , Yusuke Kawanago
- Applicant: Kyoichi Mizuno , Tarou Miyamoto , Kunihiro Kawachi , Yusuke Kawanago
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2010-210601 20100921
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, including an upper section including an image forming section to form an image on a recording sheet, a lower section arranged below the upper section including a sheet supplying tray to stack a plurality of recording sheets, a partitioning body to separate the upper section and the lower section in a vertical direction, wherein the lower section includes a dehumidification device to heat the inside of the lower section and to dehumidify the recording sheets stacked on the sheet supplying tray, the partitioning body includes a first shielding member to shield a bottom portion of the upper section, a second shielding member separated from the first shielding member to shield a top portion of the lower section, a clearance formed between the first shielding member and the second shielding member, and an air blowing section to blow air into the clearance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120070179A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-03-22
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