Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including louvers for directing airflow
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置包括用于引导气流的百叶窗
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Application No.: US13790901Application Date: 2013-03-08
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Publication No.: US08891998B2Publication Date: 2014-11-18
- Inventor: Hiroyuki Hirakawa , Keiichi Tanida
- Applicant: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: K&L Gates LLP
- Priority: JP2012-052969 20120309
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a fan, a first louver, and a second louver. The first louver includes first rectifier vanes that direct airflow produced by the fan. The second louver is located on an inner side of an apparatus body with respect to the first louver and faces the first louver in such a manner as to overlap the first louver in a direction of an axis of rotation of the fan. The second louver includes second rectifier vanes that direct the airflow produced by the fan. Each of the first rectifier vanes and a corresponding one of the second rectifier vanes that is adjacent thereto extend in one plane inclining at a specific angle with respect to the axis of rotation of the fan.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130236207A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING FAN Public/Granted day:2013-09-12
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