Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Kazuaki Komatsubara

Kunimasa Kawamata

Hidekazu Yamagiwa

Masaaki Iikawa

A second opening and closing door has a main body of the second opening and closing door, a sound absorbing member and a sound absorbing member cover. The sound absorbing member covers almost the entire surface of the main body of the second opening and closing door facing a guide member. The sound absorbing member cover is dyed black and made of an antistatic-treated cloth material which has air permeability, and is designed to cover almost the entire surface of the sound absorbing member facing the guide member. Further, the sound absorbing member cover is dyed with a dye which does not contain carbon, so that carbon-containing fibrous materials can be prevented from floating in an image forming apparatus while the light-shielding effect can be maintained.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus has an image supporting body that supports a toner image and an exposure part that exposes the image supporting body. The image forming apparatus also has a transfer part for transferring the toner image formed on the image supporting body onto a recording medium and a fixing device that fixes the toner image transferred onto the recording medium to the recording medium. Moreover a control part and a power supply part and a blowing unit are held by the image forming apparatus and the blowing unit generates an air flow. The control part, the power supply part, and the exposure part are disposed at an upstream side of the air flow generated by the blowing unit, and the fixing device is disposed at a downstream side.

Image forming apparatus with heat mitigation devices

A suction fan and an exhaust fan are disposed in both the sides of a process cartridge so as to be opposed to each other across the process cartridge. Air vent holes are formed in a shutter of the process cartridge. An air flow is produced through the air vent holes between a process cartridge main unit and the shutter, whereby the process cartridge is cooled.

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Niigata, Japan

Kazuaki Komatsubara