Image forming apparatus having fixation unit and ducts for cooling
US11960223B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 7, 2022 |
| Grant date | Apr 16, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 7, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1645
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body that includes an image formation unit forming an image on a recording material, a fixation unit that includes a fixing unit fixing the image formed by the image formation unit onto the recording material and that is attachable to and detachable from the apparatus main body, a first duct that is attached to the fixation unit to face the fixing unit and through which a gas that cools the fixing unit flows, and a second duct that is attached to the apparatus main body to be adjacent to the first duct and through which a gas that cools the fixing unit flows.
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