Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having duct and exhaust outlet
- Patent Title (中): 具有导管和排气口的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11949961Application Date: 2007-12-04
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Publication No.: US07725049B2Publication Date: 2010-05-25
- Inventor: Yoshiya Tomatsu , Yohei Hashimoto , Kiyomitsu Kumazawa
- Applicant: Yoshiya Tomatsu , Yohei Hashimoto , Kiyomitsu Kumazawa
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2006-327421 20061204
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a recording sheet includes a housing having an exhaust outlet and an image forming unit disposed in the housing and configured to form an image on a recording sheet. A duct in the housing may have an inlet at a first end in the housing, and communicate with the exhaust outlet at a second end in the housing. The image forming apparatus includes an exhaust fan disposed between the exhaust outlet and the duct, and being configured to cause air entering the duct from the inlet to go toward the exhaust outlet; a first filter disposed in the duct to cover the inlet and being configured to remove dust suspended in the air, and a second filter disposed in the duct downstream from the first filter in a direction of airflow and being configured to remove dust suspended in the air.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080145092A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-06-19
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