IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DUCT

摘要

Image forming apparatus (1) including: external cover (63) covering outer side of side wall of housing (60) storing image forming portion (20), and having exhaust outlet (63f); equipment storage space (5) formed between side wall (62a) of housing (60) and external cover (63); opening (62f) formed in side wall (62a) and allowing inside of housing (60) to communicate with equipment storage space (5); exhaust fan (100) disposed in equipment storage space (5) and taking in air from housing (60) via opening (62f) and exhausting air from exhaust outlet (63f); heat generating equipment (70) disposed in equipment storage space (5); and duct (90) connecting air outlet (101b) of exhaust fan (100) and exhaust outlet (63f). Communicating portion (97), which allows inside and outside of duct (90) to communicate with each other, is formed in wall of duct (90) located on heat generating equipment (70) side.

主权项

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a housing storing an image forming portion configured to form an image on a recording medium; an external cover covering an outer side of a side wall of the housing and having an exhaust outlet formed therein; an equipment storage space formed between the side wall of the housing and the external cover; an opening formed in the side wall and allowing inside of the housing to communicate with the equipment storage space; an exhaust fan disposed in the equipment storage space and configured to take in air from the housing via the opening and exhaust the air from the exhaust outlet formed in the external cover; a heat generating equipment disposed in the equipment storage space; and a duct connecting an air outlet of the exhaust fan and the exhaust outlet formed in the external cover, wherein a communicating portion, which allows inside and outside of the duct to communicate with each other, is formed in a wall of the duct, the wall being located on the heat generating equipment side.