Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13399573Application Date: 2012-02-17
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Publication No.: US08886078B2Publication Date: 2014-11-11
- Inventor: Yoshinori Ohno , Mitsuru Satou
- Applicant: Yoshinori Ohno , Mitsuru Satou
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2011-034414 20110221
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; G03G15/01
Abstract:
An intake fan (62) is provided on a side surface of an exposure device (40) provided below a plurality of image formation portions (20) far from a fixing unit (30), and a ventilation path (70) is formed on a side surface of the exposure device (40) on a back side, and outside air sucked by the intake fan (62) into a body of an apparatus is fed through the ventilation path (70) to the back side of the image formation portion (20K) closest to the fixing unit (30). The air flows through a space between a division plate (80) and the image formation portions (20) toward a discharge fan (61), and the image formation portions (20) are air-cooled sequentially from the image formation portion (20K). Thus, it is possible to effectively air-cool the image formation portions without increasing the size of the apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120213545A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-08-23
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