Image forming apparatus with gas cooling
US11880161B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 2, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1645
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms, with a developer containing toner, a toner image on a recording material; a fixing unit that fixes a toner image formed at the image forming section to a recording material; a recovery unit that recovers waste powder containing toner discharged from the image forming section; and a gas circulation unit in which gas for cooling the vicinity of the image forming section or the vicinity of the fixing unit circulates and that has a portion disposed between the recovery unit and the fixing unit.
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