Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Kazuyo Ehara

Kokichi Kasai

Yoshitaka Kuroda

Tetsuya Kawatani

Yutaka Nakayama

Akio Fukuyama

Masayoshi Nishida

Masayuki Okada

A cooling device that cools the inside of an image forming apparatus provided with a developer carrier that carries an image developed with a developer while being rotated. The cooling device includes: a counting unit that counts an accumulative number of rotation of the developer carrier; and a fan that cools the inside of the image forming apparatus. The cooling device further includes: a calculating unit that calculates an abrasion amount of the developer carrier in which the accumulative number of rotation counted by the counting unit is used as at least one variable; and a controlling unit that actuates the fan with cooling efficiency according to the abrasion amount calculated by the calculating unit.

Cooling device for cooling the inside of an image forming apparatus by a fan and image forming apparatus having the cooling device

An image forming apparatus includes a main body, a post-processing unit, a transport unit, a filter and a suctioning/exhausting unit. The post-processing unit is disposed adjacent to the main body. The post-processing unit performs predetermined post-processing on a recording medium on which an image is formed in the main body. The transport unit transports the recording medium from the main body to the post-processing unit. The suctioning/exhausting unit suctions air in the transport unit and exhausts the suctioned air through the filter to an outside of the main body.

Image forming apparatus capable of reducing disagreeable odor and volatile organic compounds

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Ebina, Japan

Kazuyo Ehara