Image forming apparatus with mesh member in air inlet of exhaust device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11561506
APP PUB NO 20220373966A1
SERIAL NO

17465719

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An image forming apparatus includes: a housing; a fixing device that is disposed in the housing and that heats an unfixed image made of developer to fix the unfixed image to a recording medium; an exhaust device having an air inlet through which air heated by the fixing device is sucked, an air outlet through which the air sucked through the air inlet is discharged from the housing, and a flow path portion having a flow path space through which the air flows from the air inlet to the air outlet; and a mesh member that is provided on the air inlet and that collects fine particles contained in the air that is sucked.

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  • FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kawatani, Tetsuya Kanagawa, JP 17 28
Nakayama, Yutaka Kanagawa, JP 40 412

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