Title:
画像形成装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP6891541
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing part that fixes an unfixed toner image transferred to a sheet of paper by a fixing member being heated, a duct having an inner opening facing the fixing member and an outer opening spaced apart from the fixing member, a fan capable of changing a flow direction of air inside the duct, a filter that collects particulates flowing inside the duct, and a hardware processor that controls the fan to rotate in a direction to draw air into the duct from the inner opening to collect the particulates from a vicinity of the fixing member, and that, at a timing at which to cool the fixing member, controls the fan to rotate in a direction to blow air inside the duct toward the fixing member from the inner opening.
Inventors:
Tomohito Yukumoto
Masayuki Sato
Minemura Taisuke
Ten capital good deeds
Shoichi Yoshikawa
Masayuki Sato
Minemura Taisuke
Ten capital good deeds
Shoichi Yoshikawa
Application Number:
JP2017037847A
Publication Date:
June 18, 2021
Filing Date:
March 01, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G03G15/20; B01D46/00; G03G15/00; G03G21/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2011180341A | ||||
| JP2011180236A | ||||
| JP2012123193A | ||||
| JP2009075157A | ||||
| JP2015219432A |
Foreign References:
| US20110255895 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shigeki Yamada