Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15234185Application Date: 2016-08-11
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Publication No.: US09939779B2Publication Date: 2018-04-10
- Inventor: Masahiko Fujii
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2015-166747 20150826
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
A discharge tray is arranged above a space in which a toner bottle is stored, and a sheet having passed a fixing unit is discharged onto the discharge tray. A cooling fan cools the sheet on which a toner image has been fixed in the fixing unit before the sheet is discharged onto the discharge tray. A duct introduces outer air from an exterior to the cooling fan. A tray-side hole portion is formed in a portion of the discharge tray. Further, a duct-side hole portion is formed in a portion of the duct, and the duct communicates with the space in which the toner bottle is stored through the tray-side hole portion and the duct-side hole portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170060085A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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