发明名称 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
摘要 An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device to fix the toner image on the sheet; a toner container to house the toner to be supplied to the image forming device, the toner container arranged above the fixing device; a cooling fan; a guide to guide an airflow coming from the cooling fan to an outer circumferential surface of the toner container; an outer-circumferential flow path to serve as an airflow path between the outer circumferential surface of the toner container and a wall facing the outer circumferential surface, the outer-circumferential flow path guiding the airflow coming from the guide along the outer circumferential surface; a suction fan to suck the airflow having passed through the outer-circumferential flow path; and an exhaust guide to discharge the sucked airflow.
申请公布号 US2015253728(A1) 申请公布日期 2015.09.10
申请号 US201514632196 申请日期 2015.02.26
申请人 ENDO Hirotaka 发明人 ENDO Hirotaka
分类号 G03G21/20 主分类号 G03G21/20
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming device to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device to fix the toner image on the sheet; a toner container to house the toner to be supplied to the image forming device, the toner container arranged above the fixing device; a cooling fan; a guide to guide an airflow coming from the cooling fan to an outer circumferential surface of the toner container; an outer-circumferential flow path to serve as an airflow path between the outer circumferential surface and a wall facing the outer circumferential surface, the outer-circumferential flow path guiding the airflow coming from the guide along the outer circumferential surface; a suction fan to suck the airflow having passed through the outer-circumferential flow path; and an exhaust guide to discharge the airflow sucked by the suction fan.
地址 Kanagawa JP