Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having an air blowing device and an air exhaust device
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Application No.: US15040520Application Date: 2016-02-10
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Publication No.: US09612574B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Akira Harada , Mitsuaki Kuroda
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JP2015-143019 20150717
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, an output section, a sheet transport unit, an air blowing device, and an air exhaust device. The image forming section forms a toner image. The sheet transport unit transports in a region above the image forming section a sheet onto which the toner image has been fixed. A first channel causes air to pass from a downstream side to an upstream side in a sheet transport direction, the air blowing device applies an airflow by using the first channel, a second channel causes the air to pass from the downstream side to the upstream side in the sheet transport direction, and the air exhaust device exhausts the air by using the second channel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170017198A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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