Image forming apparatus with air blowing portion
US9195214B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 21, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 21, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0636
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a toner containing portion, an air blowing portion, and an air blowing control portion. The toner containing portion contains toner that is used in image formation. The air blowing portion generates an airflow that contacts an outer side surface of the toner containing portion. The air blowing control portion narrows a vertical range of the airflow, which is generated by the air blowing portion and contacts the outer side surface of the toner containing portion, downward in a vertical direction in correspondence with reduction of toner amount in the toner containing portion.
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