Image forming apparatus including air-flow direction changing around transferring device
US7031632B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 5, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1645
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A processing apparatus, including an image carrier which carries a developing-material image formed by developing an electrostatic latent image with a developing material, a transferring device which transfers the developing-material image from the image carrier to a transfer object, and a cover member which at least partly covers the transferring device. The cover member has one or more air-flow holes which allow an air to flow therethrough between an inner side thereof opposed to the transferring device and an outer side thereof opposite to the inner side.
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