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Image forming apparatus including an air-blowing portion configured to blow air guided to a recording material

US9229429B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 25, 2014
Grant dateJan 5, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/2017
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus heats and fixes a toner image on a recording material, discharges and cools the recording material, and prevents the heated and fixed toner image on the recording material from being melted. The apparatus also has a conveying portion that is prevented from being cooled, so that unevenness of cooling of the toner image is prevented, and the image forming apparatus does not cause any contact mark of the conveying portion.

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