Image forming apparatus with improved heat discharge

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9201396
APP PUB NO 20150248084A1
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14630630

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High-temperature heat generated from a fixing device is efficiently discharged to an outside an apparatus. A printer includes: a photosensitive drum; a transfer roller; a fixing device; and a duct frame that is mounted between two side plates disposed to oppose each other and disposed right over the fixing device with a lower surface opened. An upper inner surface of the duct frame is inclined in a short-edge direction of the duct frame, and an inclined upper end portion of the upper inner surface is provided with an aperture portion that discharges heat generated from the fixing device to an outside of the duct frame.

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KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INCNO 2-28 1-CHOME TAMATSUKURI CHUO-KU OSAKA 540-8585

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Uehara, Masakazu Osaka, JP 44 79

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