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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Keiichi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Keiichi Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/377 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B41J 29/13 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/377 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01); B41J 29/13 (2013.01); H04N 1/00909 (2013.01); H04N 1/00519 (2013.01);
Abstract
An air filter for an image forming apparatus includes a housing including an air intake part and an air exhaust part, a fan disposed in the housing to form an air flow from the air intake part to the air exhaust part, and a filter disposed in the housing to filter the air flow. The fan draws air in a suction direction along an ejection direction of a sheet ejected from an ejection port in the image forming apparatus.