Seiko Epson Corporation

Yasuteru Miyaoka

Yoshitaka Itoh

Yasunaga Miyazawa

Toshihiko Sakai

Keita Tsukioka

Katsuhiro Matsuyama

A projector includes a light source device, an image projection device configured to modulate light emitted from the light source device to generate image light and project the image light, a power supply device configured to supply electric power to the light source device and the image projection device, a housing configured to house the light source device, the image projection device, and the power supply device, a first discharge fan configured to set at least one device of the light source derive, the image projection device, and the power supply device as a cooling target and suck gas from the cooling target and discharge the gas, a second discharge fan configured to discharge the gas discharged by the first discharge fan and the gas in the housing to an outside of the housing, and a duct for circulating the gas discharged by the first discharge fan to the second discharge fan.

Projector

A projector includes: a housing; an optical element accommodated in the housing; and an air supply unit configured to generate a flow of cooling air for cooling a cooling target element including the optical element, a dustproof area into which the cooling air can be introduced from the outside of the housing via a dustproof filter is formed inside the housing, the optical element is accommodated in the dustproof area of the housing, and the air supply unit includes a first air supply unit configured to introduce the cooling air from the outside of the housing to the dustproof area via the dustproof filter, and a second air supply unit accommodated in the dustproof area and configured to supply the cooling air introduced to the dustproof area by the first air supply unit toward the optical element.

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Shiojiri, Japan

Yasuteru Miyaoka