Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus ensuring filtration of ozonated air
- Patent Title (中): 确保过滤臭氧化空气的成像装置
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Application No.: US14301558Application Date: 2014-06-11
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Publication No.: US09244430B2Publication Date: 2016-01-26
- Inventor: Norio Uchida , Akihiro Torii
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi
- Agency: Burr & Brown, PLLC
- Priority: JP2013-123345 20130612
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/20 ; G03G15/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus is provided with a casing, a drum unit including a photoconductive drum having a central axis extending in a first direction, and a charging device configured to charge the photoconductive drum, a fixing unit configured to fix an image on a printing medium, a fan configured to generate an air flow inside the casing, a filter configured to remove ozone included in the air, a first channel defined in the casing, the air directed from the fixing unit toward the fan flowing in the first channel, a second channel defined in the casing, the air directed from the charging device toward the fan flowing in the second channel, the filter being provided in the second channel, the second channel being arranged next to the first channel, and a blocking member configured to block communication between the first channel and the second channel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140369710A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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